The Coalition for the Protection of Children recognizes that children need a variety of components in order for them to become happy, healthy, contributing members of society.

Our “Breakfast for Every Child” program is a direct example of that philosophy in action. For several years, The Coalition has provided a free, nutritious breakfast every school day to needy children in various schools throughout the Island. Typically, the schools are located in neighborhoods whose median incomes are well below the poverty line.

This year alone we provided more than 13,000 breakfasts to children who would have otherwise have gone hungry. In fact, for a number of children the Breakfast for Every Child” program provides the only consistent, full balanced meal they receive on a daily basis.

We recently received the CAT results for the children attending Victor Scott Primary School (where we made breakfast available to every child). The improvement in these international test scores was dramatic. Scores ranged from a 30% to a 70% improvement rate.

These kinds of results underscore the need to expand the program to other schools.