


If you put the word out that you need help, you get it. “We appreciate the community and the support they have given us over the years. The community response was “fantastic,” she said. Programs that required a check of parents’ income turned her off, so she chose to see if the community would be willing to help.

After hearing from school officials that several hundred children were on a lunch program, she began to explore options. “I didn’t know,” Taylor said of the answer to his question. He was concerned, she said, because he saw some children hanging out at the library most of the day, and not eating. The program was started when Mark Mabelitini, then library director, approached Taylor with the question of what happened to students during the summer who were on a meals program at school during the school year.
