Weekend Food Warriors
Through this unique program we feed Title 1 (where greater than 40% of students qualify, based on national standards, for free and reduced lunch) elementary school children who are declared McKinney-Vento (homeless) and hungry (living below the poverty line), Each child receives a backpack of food containing 8 complete meals to feed them and probably their families for an entire weekend, every weekend, for the entire academic year. These children, and their families, would otherwise not eat from Friday afternoon through Monday morning.
Feed a Hungry Child Over Break
For many children school breaks are wonderful, happy and much appreciated times. Unfortunately for almost ¼ of our nation’s childhood population, this is not always the case. They and their families find themselves with food or enough to eat. In response to this, Corbin’s Legacy, fills 1100 backpacks with 1 or 2 weeks of food (depending on the length of the break) and distributes them to Title I elementary school children on the last day of school. Typically, we do this 4, sometimes 5 times a year – Fall (I week), Spring (1 week), Winter (2 weeks), and Summer (2 weeks). Our 5th drop varies, one year it was during RedForED and another during the summer (in neighborhood and community parks).
Back to School Day
Corbin’s Legacy / ATSU Pediatric Screening Program
As a result of the CLB2SD, ATSU professor Dr. Harvey Simon, a public health pediatrician and attorney, was concerned about the health status of the children screened and proposed that, in partnership with Corbin’s Legacy, a clinic be opened in a Title I elementary school to assure regular and easy access to healthcare for at risk children. In partnership with the Mesa Public Schools we are now operating our 1st clinic at Emerson Elementary School. Care is provided by ATSU SOMA physicians and ASHS physician assistants and their students.
Corbin’s Legacy Can
A new program that offers Title I families canned fruits & vegetables through free farmer’s markets. Cans offer 80% of the nutritional value of fresh produce without the limited shelf life restrictions.
School Health Fairs
We provision free medical screenings for children and their families with free follow-up treatment and care if necessary.
Every Child Eats
A new program to provide payment of overdue school lunch bills so that every child receives a hot lunch every day.