Not so long ago I visited my 4th grader’s classroom to do a presentation at the beginning of the day. As the students came into the room I noticed Nick’s teacher had them go to the board and write down what they had for breakfast. For the students who put nothing she asked if they would like to take a moment to go to the cafeteria to get something to eat. I was touched by her compassion and saddened that these children were going without. The funder today wants to see kids have good nutrition in the morning to help them throughout their day.

The got breakfast? Foundation has a mission to make sure “every child, regardless of background, starts the school day with a nutritious breakfast in order to learn, grow, and develop to his or her fullest potential.” The Foundation has expanded its Silent Hero Grant Program to include participants in the federal Summer Nutrition program.

If you are a public, non-profit private school, or 501(c)(3) non-profit that participates in the national School Breakfast Program you may qualify for the Alternate Meal Service Breakfast Grant. Alternate meal service is defined as either breakfast in the classroom, grab and go or any other alternate site meal service outside of the standard cafeteria lunch line.

Summer grant applications are available now and should be submitted by April 1, 2010. They will be awarding grants between $2,000 and $10,000. For more information you can contact the Foundation at info@gotbreakfast.org".