Steelers and Giant Eagle will fund lunches when Pittsburgh schools close
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Giant Eagle will pay for free lunches for city students on days when Pittsburgh Public Schools are closed.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Giant Eagle will pay for free lunches for city students when Pittsburgh Public Schools are closed, TribLive reported. The meals are meant for closure days, when the school cafeteria is not open.
The announcement is the funding. It is not a tally of lunches already handed out, and it is not a change to the regular school-day menu.
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When Pittsburgh Public Schools close for a day, some students miss the lunch they usually get at school. The Pittsburgh Steelers and the grocery chain Giant Eagle said they will pay for free lunches on those closure days. A closure day is a day the building is shut, for weather or another reason, and the cafeteria does not serve. The two organizations are covering the cost so a meal is still available. The news is the promise to fund those lunches, not a count of how many trays have already been served. It applies to Pittsburgh's public-school students on days the schools are closed.
- Why would a day off from school be a problem for someone who eats lunch there?
- Who else, besides a grocery store, could help on a snow day?
- What would you want that meal to include?
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