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On a sunny summer weekday , a 15- passenger van pulled into the Woodland Park apartment complex in north Madison. A bunch of kids stood on the curb, assembled in a pseudo line, waiting for the van, excited and jostling for a better position. “You guys got Cheetos?” a little boy yelled out. The kids know the drill: the van comes every day to bring them free lunch and they wait as the volunteers set up the day's offerings: first carrots, then yogurt, crackers, a fruit snack, sandwich and juice boxes. The service is from The River Food Pantry as part of its Madison Urban Nutritional Children ’s Hotspot (MUNCH) program. When school’s not in session, MUNCH delivers lunch to kids eight north side low -income neighborhoods who might otherwise go without. THE NEED: ‘THIS IS ALL WE HAVE’ The MUNCH program started last summer and delivered over 10,000 lunches in 2016. This year, they’ve added more neighborhoods to their route and have already delivered over 30,000, with an average of ab...

Sponsors Mission El Reno , a Weeklong Event Drawing Youths Across Oklahoma Conducting Local Community Service ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - Aug 1, 2012) - ApartmentFinder.com supported teens across Oklahoma who gathered at Mission El Reno , July 22-27, to work in the local community and assist numerous service organizations to aid in the housing needs of residents. Hosted by First Christian Church in El Reno, the weeklong event also drew community residents , local churches and corporate sponsors to provide hospitality, conduct work projects and entertain the participating youths during their stay. Cougar Crossing Apartment Community housed the youth groups. Youth from several Oklahoma towns including Duncan , Enid, Fairview, Stillwater, Oklahoma City, Norman, Guthrie, Midwest City, Cushing, Chandler, Perry, Claremore and El Reno participated with area churches. Projects included painting and home repairs, yard work, tree limb removal , Mobile Meals delivery , collecting can g...

B est for: Families with pre- school children , families with special access needs Worst for: luxury seekers A sunny morning in July and the sea was glistening gently beyond the rooftops. I was drinking my coffee on the balcony when my eldest daughter, Maya, arrived to survey the scene. “I feel,” she observed, ever the aesthete, “like we’re in France.” But this was not Biarritz. Welcome to Butlin’s, Bognor-sur-mer. With the plummeting pound forcing European villa holidays out of our budget this year, we have turned to a British holiday village to bridge the post-Brexit-vote gap. For a generation raised on low-cost flights and multi-lingual instructors at the kids club, it’s a change of pace. Butlin's marked its 80th anniversary last year, and its aesthetic and activities have changed significantly over the years Credit: © Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo/Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo For me, however, a mid- week break offered an airport-free, off-peak-value escape, plus a chanc...