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YOUR Independent Community Newspaper THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016
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The fruits of her labour Lewis has helped feed C-K’s kids for years By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
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Matt Chambers, with daughter Molly, 5 and son Max, 3, were ready for the fun ride Saturday at the Chatham-Kent Cycling Festival outside Memorial Arena Saturday. The family, on this rather unique contraption, was just one of many to take part. Children learned bicycle safety, while serious riders embarked on 20K, 50K and 100K rides. Organizer Ann McKenzie said the event, which is a fundraiser for the Children’s Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent, continues to grow in popularity each year.
After nearly 28 years of helping ensure local students had full bellies before going to class, Elaine Lewis is retiring. The Wallaceburg woman will call it quits as co-ordinator of the Student Nutrition Program in Chatham-Kent. This year alone, 51 schools in the municipality ran elements of the program, and 7,500 students benefited from it. It has come a long way from its roots – a church basement in Wallaceburg. Lewis said it began with her and a handful of other ladies offering breakfast for students there after a friend had told her of hungry kids heading to school each day. “People brought their kids to us,” Lewis said, and then the program members took the kids to school. “We got into the school and just kept on going.”
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For a decade, Lewis led the charge as a volunteer, until the paid position was created. Over the years, she has helped tens of thousands of Chatham-Kent kids, making the program a huge success. But she doesn’t see things that way. “You have made this program what it is, not me,” she told a gathering of family and staff from local school boards and the public health unit June 16. “The support network is amazing. People call us saying they have cash to donate to the program.” Lewis said not only are students getting fed each day, they are receiving an important shot in the arm. “It’s not just about the food. It’s about the community coming through to support the kids,” she said. “The kids recognize the community cares about them.”
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