Additionally, about 58A percentA of students qualify for free and reduced lunch in the district, and SKEF reportedA nearly 10,000 students receive their only meals of the day at school.

The $75,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation provides funding for SKEF to reach approximately 3,000 students in the Salem-Keizer School District with this programA at 13 schools this fall

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This is the third Walmart Foundation grant that SKEF has received since 2014, according to the release, all of which have supported healthy eating programs in Salem area schools.