Make Your Voice Heard
Looking for more ways to support the Hunger-Free Schools initiative? You can provide your own letter of support! Letters of support help show lawmakers that this is an important issue for their constituents.
Use the template below, then send your letter of support to Leah@HungerSolutionsMN.org. Together we can eliminate hunger from Minnesota schools!
Find your legislators here. Pro tip: If you’re writing to a Minnesota House Representative, you’re expressing support for HF5. If you’re writing to a Minnesota Senator, you’re supporting SF123.
[date]
Dear [your legislator],
I am writing today to express support of [HF5 / SF123], which would provide no cost breakfast and lunch to all students in Minnesota.
I support making sure all students have access to school meals because:
[pick 1-2 points to elaborate on]
School meals raise student health and academic achievement by improving children’s diet and reducing hunger.
Children are getting their healthiest meals at school.
With the rising cost of food, many families are struggling with food insecurity, including 1 in 6 children across MN.
The current system fails to fully identify those in need (1 in 4 food-insecure kids doesn’t qualify for financial help with school meals)
Other states are already providing universal free school meals to their students.
Most adults, whether they live with school-aged children or not, support universal free school meals.
84% of Minnesotans believe that free school meals positively impact childhood hunger.
81% of Minnesotans believe free school meals positively impact children’s ability to learn in school.
62% of Minnesotans across party lines support action in our state to permanently offer school meals at no charge to all students, regardless of income
We urge you to support [HF5 / SF123], so we can continue to ensure that all kids in Minnesota are well fed and ready to meet their full potential in the classroom and beyond.
Sincerely,
[your name]
[your contact info]