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Stephen & Ayesha Curry Have Provided 16 Million Meals To Oakland Kids At Risk Of Food Insecurity In The Past Year

Last year, on March 13, Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha posted a video in which they addressed the city of Oakland’s school closings because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to many children relying on schools for having two or more meals a day, Steph and Ayesha’s Eat.Learn.Play Foundation made sure that every child has access to the food they need.

They haven’t stopped providing meals ever since. In a little over a year, the Eat.Learn.Play. Foundation has helped to serve sixteen million meals to Oakland’s children and families at risk of food insecurity.

Stephen Curry told the San Francisco Chronicle that while they’re excited about the work, it’s hard to celebrate. 

“It’s pretty crazy. We’ve been able to mobilize quickly. We didn’t expect to have such an impact — we only launched a year and a half ago. But so many kids were hanging in the dark. It was alarming.

We are excited about the work we’re doing, but it’s hard to celebrate because it means the need is so great. That’s the dichotomy.”