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Between packed schedules, screen time and the everyday pressures of growing up, kids today carry more stress than many adults realize. Yoga offers a simple, low-cost way to help. Once thought of mainly as an adult activity, yoga for kids has become a fixture in classrooms, studios and youth programs across the country. And the research backing it up keeps growing.

Grocery prices remain elevated, making it harder for many families to afford healthy meals. Meal planning, shopping sales and reducing food waste can help stretch a tight food budget. Budget-friendly staples such as beans, rice, oats, eggs and frozen vegetables offer good nutrition at a lower cost. Food assistance programs and local food banks can provide critical support during difficult times. Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank helps individuals and families in the Wabash Valley access nutritious food when they need it most.

Each summer, the school bells go silent, the buses stop running and for millions of children the meals stop coming, too. For kids who rely on free or reduced-price school lunches, summer break is a long, hot, difficult gap between the last meal of the school year and the first one of the next.