We’re making progress! The money we are raising will be used to pay off the school lunch debt for families that cannot afford to. Click the donate button or the link in bio to donate. We can do this! #TheProtectionProject #SchoolLunchDebt #Donate #ChangeMaker https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ybd6ZjvXm/?igshid=11pq161tm5i89

Meet our new friend Anna Sacks @thetrashwalker . Her initiative is #DonateDontDump . She finds goods that can be used/donated in the trash of retailers, specifically CVS and is calling for change in their policies. We love what she’s doing. Visit her page to sign her petition. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0yZRBiDLn6/?igshid=pyiyx449nz7t

Hi world! I’m Angel, the founder of The Protection Project, a nonprofit aiming to protect the people we come face to face with everyday. I have a heart for people… family, friends and strangers alike. I believe in “the village”, in being our brothers/sisters keeper. I believe we can make real change. I’m passionate about it! #theprotectionproject #donate https://www.instagram.com/p/B0yWem3jbAj/?igshid=542hzz452cki

Our Current Mission

Children are being denied meals at school because their parents cannot afford to pay their lunch bill. Think about how grumpy you get when you’re hungry, and how difficult it is to function.  Now imagine a child trying to learn when they’re not only hungry, but now embarrassed, because they’ve had their lunch or breakfast taken and thrown away for lack of funds, or they’ve been denied a meal all together, or they’ve been told that they have to work to pay off their lunch debts, OR they’ve had their hand stamped “lunch bill unpaid”. (Yes, you read that right!) School lunch debt follows these kids as they navigate from one grade to the next, and they are often forbidden from participating in school activities until the debts are paid. (That’s right people. These kids can’t eat nor can they go to the school fair or school dances.) They are being punished because their parents are struggling, and people are struggling because… well, that’s another rant for another day. I recently read an article about a Pennsylvania school threatening parents that their children will be sent to foster care for failure to pay outstanding lunch bills. (I can’t make this stuff up people. We are THERE!) I quite frankly can’t sit by idly anymore so, I’m making an effort to pay these lunch bills with your help!

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Children are being denied meals at school because their parents cannot afford to pay their lunch bill. Think about how grumpy you get when you’re hungry and how difficult it is to function.  Now imagine a child trying to learn when they’re not only hungry, but now embarrassed because they’ve had their lunch or breakfast taken and thrown away for lack of funds, or they’ve been denied a meal all together, or they’ve been told that they have to work to pay off their lunch debts, OR they’ve had their hand stamped “lunch bill unpaid”. (Yes, you read that right!) School lunch debt follows these kids as they navigate from one grade to the next, and they are often forbidden from participating in school activities until the debts are paid. (That’s right people. These kids can’t eat nor can they go to the school fair or school dances.) They are being punished because their parents are struggling, and people are struggling because… well, that’s another rant for another day. I recently read an article about a Pennsylvania school threatening parents that their children will be sent to foster care for failure to pay outstanding lunch bills. (I can’t make this stuff up people. We are THERE!) I quite frankly can’t sit by idly anymore so, I’m making an effort to pay these lunch bills with the help of donations. Click the link in bio to give. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Ogx-7HIdS/?igshid=rvyce26eq6c8

When something really, really bad happens to you, people will say to you “I am sorry,” even if they had nothing to do with what happened. And it’s because sometimes thing happen that are so bad that what they really mean is “I am acting as an ambassador and on behalf of everything that must hurt so much right now, I say sorry.” Because sometimes things are so bad, someone just has to say it.

I Wrote this for You (Iain Thomas)

I only write when I am falling in love, or falling apart.

e.s. (via psych-facts)

You have to do what is right for you. Nobody else is walking in your shoes.

(via psych-facts)

Never trade what you want the most for what you want at the moment.

(via psych-facts)