Take 5 to Give $5: Grant helps Boys & Girls Club of North Alabama

Take 5 to Give $5: Grant helps Boys & Girls Club of North Alabama feed children

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Every day - waay 31 is highlighting one of the local organizations that's getting help from the greater huntsville community foundation through the "take 5 to give 5 campaign."

Today - we'll show you how the boys and girls club of north alabama is finding news ways to support kids and families with help from the community foundation of greater huntsville..

No, it's not the ice cream truck...but when the boys and girls club bus drives into neighborhoods, that means it's lunch time.

Carter-they see that bus and they can run out there and get them something to eat, that's a blessing.

Louise carter normally watches around a dozen of her grand and great grandchildren everyday...she says the free meals help because it's a financial burden purchasing groceries and cooking for each child.

Carter--because when i cook, i cook a lot.

After schools closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the boys and girls club of a north alabama created the grab n go food program to pass out free nutritious lunches.

Right now, they're serving 325 kids a day compared to the 95 kids they were feeding during their after school program.

Tween and prevention director bryan cordell helps pass out meals in the butler terrace and l.r.

Patton communities.

Cordell--if i go to a parking lot in one of the apartments where the kids live and we only have two kids in that, but there are thirty in the parking lot...and this happens everyday...every one of those kids will get a meal.

The boys and girls club of north alabama will receive a grant from the community foundation of greater huntsville's emergency relief fund to help them continue to provide lunches to children in underprivileged communities.

And carter is doing her part to make sure those meals go to children who need them.

Even if my grandkids are not here and i see some children coming through and if they are not here to eat it then it still goes to good use because i will give it to a child.

You can support the boys and girls club of north alababa through the take 5 to give 5 campaign.

The money will support nonprofits in the greater huntsville area who are serving on the frontline of the coronavirus response.

It all leads up to giving tuesday - which falls on 5/5, may 5th this year!

If you want to get involved - it's easy to do.

First - head to waay t-v dot com.

On our homepage - you'll see an article with the "take 5 to give 5" logo you see on your screen.

Once you open that - it has a link to donate any amount.

Together - we've already raised more than 200-