Combating hunger among Utah’s school-aged children is not just a Monday through Friday effort; numerous organizations and school districts work to ensure students don’t go without food even when classes aren’t in session.

According to Feeding America , 484,090 Utahns are facing hunger — 161,000 of them children.

To offer a helping hand, business leaders and professionals within the Leadership South Valley program have come together to raise donations of food boxes for students in two school districts.

Leadership South Valley is a yearlong program — hosted by the South Valley Chamber of Commerce — that aims to provide business leaders with an understanding of what communities in Salt Lake County may be facing, and ways to engage with them, according to the organization’s website .

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