{"id":5015,"date":"2020-03-27T16:59:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T16:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/?p=5015"},"modified":"2020-03-27T16:59:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T16:59:07","slug":"free-school-meals-delivered-directly-to-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/free-school-meals-delivered-directly-to-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Free School Meals Delivered Directly to Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FSM-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FSM-5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FSM-5-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Minibus driver, Mark Petch, loading the food to replace free school meals<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past two days, students from Bridgnorth Endowed\nSchool received delivery of their food hampers to replace free meals while the\nschools are closed during the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school, together with caterers Aspens Services, prepared around 50 hampers with a week\u2019s worth of food to provide breakfasts and lunches for children eligible for free school meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parcels included essentials such as cereal, milk, eggs, bread, sandwich fillers, fruit and vegetables, and were delivered straight to their doors by the school&#8217;s team of minibus drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week\u2019s shutdown prompted fears that children would go\nhungry during the closures but plans were swiftly put in pace to alleviate\nconcerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On finding out about the weekly deliveries, many parents\ncontacted the school to pass on their relief and thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FSM-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FSM-6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FSM-6-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Left to right: Andy Siddons and Mark Petch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One parent emailed: \u201cI am in complete shock over the heart-warming\ngesture of the free school meal hampers that are to be delivered to our homes\nduring this very unpredictable time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing a single mum of four children who has no support from any family, I have stressed so much about finding provisions for my girls. This has lifted my anxiety and I cannot thank you enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of Business and Finance, Mrs Underhill, said: \u201cDespite the school closures, we are committed to supporting our students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank all of our staff who have been working exceptionally hard in difficult circumstances and continue to do so.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The deliveries will be made every Thursday and Friday, including during the holidays. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past two days, students from Bridgnorth Endowed School received delivery of their food hampers to replace free meals while the schools are closed during the coronavirus crisis. The school, together with caterers Aspens Services, prepared around 50 hampers with a week\u2019s worth of food to provide breakfasts and lunches for children eligible for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/free-school-meals-delivered-directly-to-homes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Free School Meals Delivered Directly to Homes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,1],"tags":[2,23],"class_list":["post-5015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catering","category-school-news","tag-bridgnorth-endowed-school","tag-catering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}