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  • Nybrea Gunter, 8, stayed in the lead in a potato sack race at an event Thursday morning at Princeville Elementary School. Children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Edgecombe and Nash Counties came together for the "kick out hunger" event.

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August 6, 2012

Kids learn how to ‘kick’ hunger

Staff Writer MIRANDA BAINES

TARBORO — PRINCEVILLE — Children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Edgecombe and Nash Counties met Thursday morning at Princeville Elementary School for a “kick out hunger” event.

The children ate fresh plums at the event to celebrate the summer meals program. For some of them, the fruit was a first-time treat. Neither 12-year-old Nathan Morallis nor 11-year-old Joshua White had eaten a plum before Thursday’s event, but the children said that they would like to eat the fruit again.

“It’s delicious,” said Morallis, as he bit into the ripe, juicy plum. Khandyce Wilkins, 10, agreed.

“I liked the plums. They were sweet,” she said. Wilkins, whose favorite fruit is grapes, said she learned to “always eat healthy” at Thursday’s event. The children all received a lesson about making healthy food choices from Ruth McDowell, child nutrition director from Edgecombe County Public Schools. Wearing a fruit-printed dress and a fruit-decorated hat, “Miss Fruitsy Tuitsy,” played by McDowell, shared trivia about the different food groups in the food pyramid with the children.

“This school year, when they go into the cafeteria they are going to have to pick up a fruit or a vegetable. That’s something new,” said McDowell. “We’re trying to promote healthier choices for the students.”

Along with offering more fruits and vegetables, the school system is incorporating more whole grains and is no longer frying foods, she added. At Princeville Elementary, more than 94 percent of the students are eligible for the free and reduced-price lunch program, according to a “No Kid Hungry North Carolina” news release. During the summer, children eligible for free and reduced lunch might not have access to healthy foods, said McDowell. That’s why the school system expanded the summer feeding program to 27 sites this year.

Ann Floyd Huggins, director of the Northeast Regional Office of Gov. Beverly Perdue, came to Thursday’s celebration to show her support for the summer feeding program. Perdue, the nonprofit Share Our Strength and the nonprofit NC Serves joined forces in September 2011 to form No Kid Hungry North Carolina, a partnership with the goal of addressing the issue of childhood hunger in North Carolina.

At Thursday’s celebration, the children not only received nourishment for their bodies, but they also participated in activities that fed their minds and souls. Those three components are what the Boys & Girls Club calls “triple play,” according to Tashica Bellamy Hinton, Boys & Girls Club Princeville Unit Director. Tug of war, sack racing, volleyball, soccer and “quick ball” taught the children the importance of teamwork while improving their athletic abilities. Wilkins’ favorite activity was quick ball, an activity designed to teach the children the fundamentals of baseball.

“I hit a homerun, so I made it to home,” said Wilkins. She said she always has fun participating in Boys & Girls Club activities. Morallis, of the Boys & Girls Club in Nash County, said he is glad his Boys & Girls Club got to meet up with the Boys & Girls Club of Edgecombe County.

“I think it was nice. I think it’s good that we all joined together and stuff,” said Morallis.

Hinton called Thursday’s event a “wonderful collaboration” and said that she would like to bring the children from the two Boys & Girls Clubs together sometime again in the near future.

 

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