“Share A Table”

This School Lunch Program Should Be An Example For All Schools

Sometimes brilliance is hiding under a simple solution. In Orange County, Florida, elementary schools made one step forward. In an attempt to reduce waste and help families that are in need, they have started a simple yet genius lunch program.

It’s called a "share table."

A program that helps reduce waste in school lunch room.

In this program, students can leave any unopened and untouched food and drink packages, so anyone who can get an item they want off the table. Anybody who may not have had enough to eat can take an extra snack to fill themselves up.

If there’s still food on the table but the school day is over, the administrators take it to the local food bank, church or any charity group.

Students share their unopened food to others.

Impressively, 20 public elementary schools joined the "share a table." It really helps out a lot of people. Without this kind of program probably most of the item will go directly to the dumpster.

One year ago, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a memo, endorsing this concept as “an innovative strategy to encourage the consumption of nutritious foods and reduce food waste.”

Sharing is caring.

People loved the concept and claimed that it grew even wider.

Let's hope it'll spread worldwide, so no one will ever be hungry at school again.

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

- Buddha