Cincinnati, Ohio has a very special place in the celebration of National School Lunch week (October 14-18). For it was teacher Ella Walsh who, in the early 1900's, started one of the nation's earliest school feeding programs. Walsh, who taught at Cincinnati's Jackson School, saw children coming to class hungry. Times were tough. She knew they needed help. So Walsh and her assistants set up a lunchroom. The "penny lunch" program was started. Children who could afford it would pay a penny and get a lunch. Most could not afford, but still would receive...
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