MEDIA ADVISORY: No Kid Hungry to Honor National Summer Hunger Hero from Kentucky

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Media Advisory


Media Contact: Jennifer Ginn

Director of Communications

Office: (502) 564-2000, ext. 4601

jennifer.ginn@education.ky.gov

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July 12, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: No Kid Hungry to Honor National Summer Hunger Hero from Kentucky


Who:

  • Kentucky Education Commissioner Robbie Fletcher

  • Feeding Kentucky Executive Director Melissa McDonald

  • Feeding Kentucky, Kentucky Kids Eat Program Director John Cain

  • KDE Summer Food Service Program Manager Cathy Gallagher

  • No Kid Hungry Representative

What:

No Kid Hungry (National), Feeding Kentucky and the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) will recognize Cathy Gallagher, manager of the Summer Food Service Program at KDE, as a 2024 Summer Hunger Hero at a press conference in Frankfort.

In June, No Kid Hungry honored 10 national Summer Hunger Heroes for their outstanding commitment to children’s summer hunger relief. This includes expanding summer meals in rural communities and helping set the new Summer EBT program in motion.

This year’s honorees were selected from nine states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

When and Where:

  • Thursday, July 18, at 1 p.m. ET – Frankfort High School, 328 Shelby St., Frankfort