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Feeding the Community
Lola Gomez/The Dallas Morning News
Students stock shelves at their high school’s free grocery store.
A school in Sanger, Texas, has found a novel way to fight food insecurity. Linda Tutt High School recently opened a student-run grocery store that carries everything from produce and canned goods to dish soap and shampoo. But there’s a twist: All the items in the store are free. Every student in the school gets points—based on the sizes of their families—which they can use to “buy” things. They can also earn extra points for doing good deeds, whether it’s excelling in the classroom, helping other students, or working an on-campus job. And once a week, the store is open to anyone in need. The project is especially important right now, as Feeding America predicts that the Covid-19 pandemic will leave 50 million Americans struggling with food insecurity. The teens who work in the store say they’re proud to help the community during these difficult times. “I like seeing [people’s] smiles,” Hunter Weertman, a 16-year-old store manager, told the Associated Press, “seeing how appreciative they are and knowing that they are thankful that we’re doing something like this.”