Lunches for Learning

{{Short description|American / Honduran nonprofit organization}}

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{{Infobox organization

|name = Lunches for Learning

|logo = Lunches for Learning Logo2.jpg

|type = Non-profit, Interest group

|founded = 2005

|fields = Educating children

|services = Providing a hot meal and education to children of Honduras

|homepage = {{URL|http://www.lunchesforlearning.org}}

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Lunches for Learning is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 and incorporated in 2005 by Ron Hicks.{{Cite web |title=Obituary for Ronald Edmon Hicks at Southern Memorial Funeral Home & Crematorium |url=https://www.southernmemorialfuneral.com/obituary/ronald-hicks?lud=ABA054BC504247ADE43D2A9E94833D1A |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.southernmemorialfuneral.com |language=en}} Lunches for Learning provides a meal per day to children attending public schools and kindergartens within the Republic of Honduras. Lunches for Learning, Inc. is listed as an incorporated entity in the republic of Honduras, where it predominantly operates.{{Cite web |title=Support Lunches for Learning, Inc. on Mightycause |url=https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Lunches-For-Learning-Incorporated |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Mightycause |language=en}}

Lunches for Learning intends to help improvised children eat while getting a public education. The primary objective of the program is to permit children to attend school and receive a basic six-grade academic education (adequate in increasing the chances of a future above the poverty level for an individual in Honduras).Thomas, Amanda "Alabama man helps feed poor in Honduras" by the AP featured in the Montgomery Advertiser December 17, 2007 PAGE 7A{{Cite web |title=Lunches for Learning |url=https://www.lunchesforlearning.org/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=www.lunchesforlearning.org}}

Lunches for Learning provides a daily lunch for elementary school children by utilizing the cooperative efforts of individual contributors, corporate sponsors, and the government of Honduras. Currently, the Lunches for Learning program or L4L accommodates 29 schools and 1,700 children. In the US, L4L's operations are predominantly staffed by volunteers under the leadership of an executive director. In Honduras, L4L employs local Honduran citizens to provide management and administration of this program in the country.{{cn|date=February 2023}} Both volunteers and employees in Honduras and the US seeks to keep administrative and logistical costs low so that more hungry children can be fed.Luckerson, Victor "Lunches for Learning" The Montgomery Independent August 7, 2007 Vol. 45 No. 31{{cite web |title=Lunches for Learning |url=https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/lunches-for-learning/?mprompt=1 |website=CanadaHelps - Donate to any charity in Canada |language=en}}

In addition to its main goal, Lunches for Learning also helps to build kitchens and assists World Food Program (WFP){{cn|date=June 2024}} in transporting legumes, corn, rice, and cooking oil necessary for producing meals.