At some point in time everyone has wasted some type of food. Most of us do not think about it because we are not starving or worried about where are next meal is coming from. I work at a title one school; most of our students are on free or reduced lunch, so every day I see children who are hungry. A lot of times the only decent meal these children get is here at school. Seeing these kids ask for more and not being able to give them seconds hurts me but there is nothing that I am able to do about that. We have rules that keep us from giving extra food to students. At my school the children are not allowed to share food no matter how hungry one child is or how full the other is. My coworkers and I try our best to get left over food after all the children have eaten to give to the hungry children but it is not something we can do every day. I try to be more conscious about the food I waste and throw away at home but sometimes it does not work the way I want it to. When I have a lot of leftover food I take it to family members and coworkers. I am trying to do what I can to stop the hunger that I see but I am only one person. But even a little help can go a long way.
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