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Foodbank’s School Breakfast Program

Providing hungry children with a healthy breakfast.

Unfortunately, not all children are able to start the day with breakfast at home. That’s why our School Breakfast Program is so important. Our aim is to make sure that all Queensland children, regardless of their circumstances, have an equal start in life.

Feeding our kids provides so much more than just a nutritious meal. With a full tummy, they can better focus and concentrate, improving their learning outcomes and physical and mental health. Our School Breakfast Program provides cereal, milk, bread and fresh fruit to children who would otherwise go without. This program is run in nearly 500 Queensland schools and feeds 52,000 kids a week.

Brisbane

With the support of Foodbank Queensland, Nexus Care, a frontline charity based in Everton Park, supports five local school breakfast programs, providing a nutritious breakfast to approximately 500 children a week. Suki O’Dea, Nexus Care Community Programs Coordinator said their Brekky Clubs offer students a selection of milk, fruit, yoghurt, and hot items such as toasties and pancakes.

“We would be unable to run our Brekky Clubs without the food provided by Foodbank. Each Monday we collect 65kg of bananas for this program and without fail, every week I have the admin staff from one primary school tell me that their students say the Foodbank bananas are the best they have ever tasted. And they are very adamant about that – nothing tastes better than a Foodbank banana!” – Suki, Nexus Care Community Programs Coordinator

Far North Queensland

Burketown State School, a primary school located in an isolated Far Northwest Queensland town, recently began a Foodbank school breakfast program to help combat the challenge of school attendance. Chris Ford, Burketown State School Principal, said with the help of Foodbank, they can now provide a healthy breakfast five days a week for up to 40 students, nearly the whole school, to give children the best start to their school day.

“Many students wouldn’t come to school because they had nothing to eat for breakfast and had no lunch to bring to school. When we received our first delivery from Foodbank, it made such a difference in reducing the barriers children face when coming to school,” – Chris, Burketown State School Principal