65 million free brekkies.
Even more smiles.

We’re here to celebrate a School Breakfast Clubs Program milestone: 65 MILLION BREAKFASTS served to school kids right across the state. That’s 65 million mornings made a whole lot brighter for students across 1,381 Victorian schools. Happy kids with bellies full of healthy food heading to class, content and ready to learn.

As Year 7 and 8 students wander into the breakfast room, they pour themselves bowls of Vita Brits and Cheerios, and spread Vegemite on fresh bread. They grab apples, oranges and fruit cups, and take a seat at one of the many tables. For Molly, it’s a great place to have fun with her friends over a game of Uno or Connect 4. “You can meet someone new and have a good bond with them over food,” she says. Every school does Breakfast Club their own way. But all make a huge difference to the 600,000 kids who can access the free program, run in partnership with the Victorian Government, and offered to all government schools.

“The School Breakfast Club is vitally important,” says Deputy Premier Ben Carroll, who’s joined us for the landmark celebrations. “All the evidence shows that young people with food in their tummy concentrate better in the classroom, it’s a more civil classroom. “I think we do it better than anywhere in the world here in Victoria, and it’s something we should be very proud of – and 65 million meals shows just what a success it is.”