One nonprofit is providing affordable meals to students and their families while teaching them how to cook at the same time.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona has the third highest rate of food insecurity among Western states with Tucson highlighted as a problem area.The Tucson Family Food Project is providing meals in a unique way, hoping to make a long-term impact.It's a cooking tutorial that comes with the $4 meal kits students can bring home.
"Our goal is to feed kids. But we don't want to stop there by feeding them one meal. We have a long term goal, where we actually want to teach kids how to feed themselves," said Cota-Robles. "I talked to some friends who are teachers and administrators, and they gave me this idea, after they told me what food insecurity looks like in real life for these kids. And it's really heartbreaking," said Cota-Robles.
"My long term goal for the Tucson Family Food Project is to be a foundational charity in Tucson, the way that the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona is a foundational charity here in Tucson," he said.
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