by Gap Fillers Flathead | Oct 3, 2024 | In The Media
We appreciate NBC Montana for covering the paid off school breakfast and lunch debt across the Columbia Falls School District. Every day, the never-ending generosity of our community allows Gap Fillers Flathead to make a difference in the lives of our students....
by Gap Fillers Flathead | May 30, 2024 | In The Media
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! Today, we presented The Louise Walker Memorial Award to its very first recipient, Cory Dziowgo, School Superintendent for Columbia Falls, Dist 6. When Cory came to the Flathead a year ago, the Columbia Falls School District student lunch debt was...
by Gap Fillers Flathead | Aug 28, 2023 | In The Media
Local nonprofit Gap Fillers Flathead has brought its free menstrual product program to Columbia Falls High School, expanding an initiative that provides feminine hygiene products at no cost to hundreds of middle and high school students across the Flathead Valley. “No...
by Gap Fillers Flathead | Mar 29, 2023 | In The Media
Yesterday, we joined school administration, food bank and other community officials in support of the School Meals Bill, HB 863. We thank our Flathead Lunch Staff and the many who go above and beyond to make sure hungry kids eat. No child should bear shame for lacking...
by Gap Fillers Flathead | Mar 27, 2023 | In The Media
Today, we will testify before the Montana Legislature committee on HB 863, “School Lunch For All Students.” No child should bear shame for lacking the funds for food, and every child deserves the same meal opportunities as his/her friends. Your donations...
by Gap Fillers Flathead | Nov 4, 2022 | In The Media
As our Founder Tammi Fisher notes in her latest column, federal law does not allow for federal funds to be used to pay school lunch debt, so a gap exists between what the school district can cover and the actual cost of providing the food. Thank you, Flathead Valley,...