HSM4A WI Coalition
The HSM4A WI Coalition is made up of individuals, organizations, community groups, schools and school districts, and others committed to making this a reality in Wisconsin.
The Coalition advocates for free, nutritious school meals for all K–12 Wisconsin students and works to inspire, empower, and support school meal champions to take action in support of no-cost school meals.
Maggie Smith - Holmen School District School Board Member
“We don't see hunger on a student, but we know it's out there. We know it's a pervasive problem and I think that we have the ability to find solutions to it.”
Jordan Anderson - Central Wisconsin Community Member
“It's about feeding our children and making sure they have a bright future.”
Anita Garett - Parent, Grandparent, and Food Leaders Lab Ambassador
“My mother was a single mother with five kids and there was many times I went to bed hungry. I didn't get the proper education that I needed because I was so busy, worried about getting fed. I don't want the kids to go through what I went through.”
Caitlin Harrison - Elmbrook School District Food Nutrition Director
“We want to invest in our kids and I don't know how else you can properly and more efficiently invest in the state than in our children.”
HSM4A WI Leadership Team
Founded in 2021 with the initial introduction of Assembly Bill 805 by former State Representative Kristina (Shelton) Sandherr, the HSM4A WI Coalition adopted a three-organization leadership model in 2023 to expand the movement. The School Nutrition Association of Wisconsin (SNA-WI), Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin (FAEW), and REAP Food Group work together to support, guide, and amplify the HSM4A WI Coalition.
Join the broad Coalition of stakeholders working together in support Healthy School Meals for All in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice
Feeding Wisconsin
Project Concern of Cudahy/St Francis
Interchange Food Pantry (IFP)
SE WI EMERGENCY SUPPORT GROUP INC
The Gathering of Southeast WI, Inc.
Food Research & Action Center
Wisconsin Council of Churches
Food Pantry of Waukesha County, Inc.
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Milwaukee Area Health Education Center
School Nutrition Association of Wisconsin
Couleecap
Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health
United Nation Association - Greater Milwaukee
Wisconsin Pubilc Education Network
Share Our Strength
The FOOD Pantry Serving Waukesha County
Kids Forward
Lutheran Office for Public Policy in Wisconsin
Sharing Center, Inc.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Waushara County Food Pantry
Community Advocates, InC
Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance
Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc Alpha Pi Chapter
CR-Social Development Commission
National Association of Social Workers, Wisconsin Chapter
Pulaski Community School District
Wisconsin Education Association Council
Kenosha County Food Bank, Inc
End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin
WestCare Wisconsin, Inc
Middleton Outreach Ministry
Grow It Forward Inc.
Safe & Sound
Westcare Wisconsin, Inc.
Wisconsin Public Health Association
Wisconsin Association of Local Health Departments and Boards
YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee
WISCAP
9to5 Wisconsin
Milwaukee Food Council
Wisconsin Association of School Nurses
Tri-County Area School District
Appleton Area School District
One God Ministry
Menasha Joint School District
Plymouth School District
Wisconsin Working Families Party
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association
Wello
Sun Prairie Area School District
REAP Food Group
School District of Holmen
Healthy Kids Collaborative of Dane County
Healthy Kids Collaborative
Eudiamonia Madison
Ashwaubenon School District
Neenah Lutheran School
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Racine County Project Emergency, Inc.
Oshkosh Area Community Pantry
Communication Madison
Madtown Mommas & Disability Advocates
Youth Empowered in the Struggle
Voces de la Frontera
Marty Lee, Waushara County Food Pantry:
“Our children learn best when hunger is not part of the curriculum.”
Alexis Bylander, Food Research & Action Center:
“Serving school meals to all students at no cost would be a gamechanger for students, families, and schools, supporting students’ education and health & improving nutrition.”
Michael Gasper, School District of Holmen:
“We provide other essential items for student learning like books, lockers, and desks, but we need to ensure one of the most important and basic needs a student has to learn, nutrition, is also provided for all students!”