BCSD assists families in need during holiday season

  • Baldiwn County’s Social Services and Family Engagement Departments unite each year to prepare meal boxes for students in need. This picture is from a distribution in 2023, after a state meal truck service was discontinued. CONTRIBUTED
    Baldiwn County’s Social Services and Family Engagement Departments unite each year to prepare meal boxes for students in need. This picture is from a distribution in 2023, after a state meal truck service was discontinued. CONTRIBUTED

    The Baldwin County School District is able to expand its Holiday Nutrition Program due to a $2,000 grant from the Tri-County EMC Foundation Board of Directors.

    Federal Programs Specialist Shonya Mapp applied for the grant to be able to support local families during the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks when school meals are not available.

    “We have several families in our district who rely on the foo…