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Being A Champion on and off the court
Often times media tends to always want to highlight players only on their performances on the court or in the field. I mean, hey, it’s a part of the job requirement, right?!
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Education Notebook: Champion Fuel to provide free meals to AISD students
Nutrition is a key factor in keeping our students successful in the classroom,” Mayor Anthony Williams stated in the release. “In addition to the free breakfasts and lunches Abilene ISD youth are eligible to receive at school, the Champion Fuel Food Program will ensure that the students at our Be A Champion partner locations will…
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Abilene mayor partners with nonprofit to provide students healthy food
Abilene Mayor Anthony Williams is leading the Champion Fuel Collaboration to provide healthy food to students in seven schools within the district.
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Non-profit aims to support education statewide amid teacher shortage
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — School districts statewide are dealing with teacher and other staffing shortages due to the pandemic.
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Free Meals For Kids
“We try to give food to as many families who may be in need as possible,” explained Jorelle Sydnor from Be A Champion. “We have services set up to where people who are shopping at the flea market, they can get food, but also if someone would like to just come by and they don’t…
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PepsiCo Foundation to expand U.S. food aid program globally
At the start of the pandemic, the need for the food that Jaron Barganier’s nonprofit provides to children throughout Texas exploded. Not only did many children lose the free breakfasts and lunches they had normally received at their schools, which were closed because of the COVID-19 outbreak. What’s more, Barganier’s nonprofit, Be a Champion, lost…
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Percentage of people living in poverty in Hardin County has risen
HARDIN COUNTY — The 2021 Community Needs Assessment by the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission shows 15 percent of children in Hardin County are living in poverty. Two organizations have joined forces to help provide food for children.
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Nonprofit organization provides free meals year round for children in need
Program Director Janet Hong said the program began in 2013, and since then the nonprofit organization has helped children who are not able to get food or meals after school. Because of the demand, Hong said the nonprofit is working to expand its reach.
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Coogs You Can Count On: With School Back on, Charity’s Founders Suit Up to Help Kids in Need
WHEN TWO FORMER UH football players put their helmets together to form a plan to impact under-privileged youth through sports, education and nutrition programs, neither expected to be where they are today. Jaron K. Barganier and James Hong are co-founders of Be A Champion, Inc., a nonprofit organization that aims to set children on a…
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Organization “Be A Champion Inc.” distributes free food to Metroplex students
Food packages are distributed per child. If a child is not present in the vehicle, parents and guardians may bring identification such as a birth certificate, report card, school or child care ID, state or local government issued ID, passport, or letter from the school confirming it.