2019-2020 Help Keep Student Meal Accounts Current

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Austin ISD Nutrition & Food Services are committed to providing healthy food access for all students. Our charging and courtesy meal policies are in place to ensure no student goes without a balanced meal, regardless of their account balance or payment status. This initiative allows members of the community to contribute funds to help cover the negative balance of student meal accounts.

$11,560.00 donated

$10,000.00 goal

Campaign ends on June 30, 2020 Campaign ended on June 30, 2020

Our Goal

Austin ISD Nutrition & Food Services are committed to providing nutritious, appetizing meals that promote health, well-being and learning. Equity and food access are important district values, and being able to bring fresh, healthy and sustainably raised food to students all over the city is our focus.

How You Can Help

Austin ISD cafés serve over 80,000 meals per day. Around 700 courtesy meals that meet the same nutrition requirements as menued meals are served each day, which equates to a cost of over $350,000 each year that is covered by the District Food Service Department. This campaign allows individuals to contribute funds to help bring student meal accounts current.

How the Process Works

If students exhaust their meal account, there is a grace period during which the student can charge meals to his or her account. Elementary and middle school students may charge up to three meals and high school students may charge up to two meals. In the event a student reaches the maximum charge limit on his or her meal account, at the beginning of the lunch line the student will be provided a courtesy meal that meets the same nutrition requirements as all other meals offered. If a student has already selected a remibursable meal by the time he or she reaches the cashier, food service personnel allows the student to keep the tray.

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$123801.84 raised across all campaigns

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Erin Willgren

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Amanda Jester

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I know what it feels like to not have a lunch as a kid and I remember how tough it was on my mom, too. I am able to provide my children food without a second thought today, but I know that's not the case for everyone. If I can help kids avoid the embarrassment of sitting in a lunch room with no food or allay the concerns of their parents, I absolutely will.

John Allison