ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – As winter break approaches, many Orange County families are facing a familiar concern: how to put food on the table when school meals stop.

For thousands of students, breakfasts and lunches provided at school are a primary source of daily nutrition. To help bridge that gap during the break, Orange County Public Schools partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida to distribute thousands of meals to families in need.

Second Harvest held food distributions Saturday at eight locations across Orange County, providing enough meals to support approximately 3,800 families. The effort is aimed at students who rely on school-provided meals during the academic year and may face food insecurity when school is not in session.

Greg Higgerson, chief development of

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