Oakland schools shut down due to coronavirus, leaving 18,000 kids without their usual two meals a day. The district partnered with Alameda County Food Bank to keep distributing food, and they're asking the community to donate or volunteer so families can handle other pandemic challenges.
Hey guys, you know the world is changing before our eyes in terms of dealing with the spread of coronavirus, and we just found out that the Oakland Unified School District is closing their doors for the foreseeable future. So we wanna intercede on behalf of the kids that rely on their daily services and try to help any way we can.
Yeah, the statistics are really staggering. 18,000 kids rely on at least 2 meals a day from the school system. And so we wanna make sure that we rally around everyone and ensure that these kids are not wondering where their next meal is coming from, and that the parents who, you know, some are still having to go to work, worrying about the kids' logistics, we just wanna make sure there's one less thing to worry about. And so we're asking you to rally with us. We're working with the Alameda Food Bank and the Oakland Unified School District to make sure that kids are getting their meals.
Thank you. So we're trying to do our part. Hopefully you can join the fight with us and have each other's backs as we go through this uncertain time.