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SALAMANCA,
N.Y.
REPUBLICAN-PRESS
0. 4.000

OCT 3 1 1969

AUBURN. N. Y.
CITIZEN-ADVERTISER
(SYRACUSE MARKET AREA)
D. 17.000

OCT 3 1 1969
Buffalo

BlackStudents Union _atUB
Black students
Give Free Meals to Children give children
BUFFALO, N. Y.- (AP)
said another result of the
proMembers of the Black Students gram
was "thegrowthof valufree breakfast
Umon at the State University at able relationships between
Buffalo are providing a free
breakfast each day to about 130
scooolchildren at an East Side
community center.
The program is financed
througha $3,500 grant from the
University's Student Association, but the funds have
dwindled to $1,500 and commu.
nity response to replenish it has
been slow.
Nevertheless, Mrs. Karene
Asbury, 21, a senior, said,
"We're going to keep this going through sheer determination; we'll find the funds some
way.''
.
The children, who rangefrom
nursery school through sixthgrade level, find a hearty meal
awaiting them. A typical menu
includes fruit juice, scrambled
eggs, bacon, grits, toast and
jelly and milk.
Mrs. Asbury said the students
planned to expand the program
to a second location in January
ind perhaps set up consumer.
education courses for ghetto
residents.
.
CharlesRasheirn, 19,a freshman majoring in black studies,

young children and students.
... I think it helps any
young child to have an older 1
friend to listen to his problems
and to give him advice,"
he
said.
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• BUFFALO, N.

Y.

(AP)

Members of the Black Students
Union at the State University
Buffalo are providing a free
breakfast each day to about 130
schoolchildren at an East Side
community center.
The program ls financed '
through a $3,500 grant from the
University's Student Association. but the funds have
dwindled to $1,500 and commu­
nity response to replenish it has
been slow.
.
I
Nevertheless, Mrs. Karene
Asbury, 21, a senior. said,
"We're going to keep this going through sheer determina- ,
tion; we'll find the funds some
way." ·
The children, who range from
nursery school through sixthgrade level, find a hearty meal
awaiting them. A typical menu
includes fruit juice, scrambled
eggs, bacon , grits, toast and
jelly and milk.
Mrs. Asbury said the · students
planned to expand -the program
to a second location in January
and perhaps set up consumereducation courses for ghetto
residents.
Charles Rasheim, 19, a freshman majoring in black studies.
said another result of the program was "the growth of valuable
relationshi'PS
between
young children and students.