William Roper Hull School's Nutrition Club
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Southern Alberta
The Idea
William Roper Hull School (WRHS) is a therapeutic school setting that offers specialized and individualized programs focusing on the development of academic, vocational, and daily life skills for students with behavioral, emotional, social and mental challenges ranging from grades 1–12.
William Roper Hull School’s (WRHS) Nutrition Club
WRHS is designed to support students facing behavioral, emotional, social and mental health challenges. We are currently supporting 103 students - 48 students live at Hull in one of our campus based programs and 55 are day-students who access the school from their home or community setting. Approximately, 90% of the 55 day-students who live in the community come from families with financial insecurity. They arrive at school and have not had breakfast, do not have a lunch or snacks to get through their school day.
Each day, approximately 25 meals are served to day-students at WRHS. Many of these students arrive at school without having breakfast or access to healthy, nutritious food, lunch or snacks for the school day. The Nutrition Club at Hull school plays a vital role in supporting these students by providing them with nutritious meals at school and to take home. This program not only ensures that students have the energy they need to focus and learn but also helps them develop an awareness of what healthy food choices look like. By having access to proper nutrition, students can start their day positively and engage more effectively in their therapeutic, academic and vocational programs. Additionally, students actively participate in grocery shopping alongside staff to purchase items for the nutrition program. This hands-on involvement offers them valuable opportunities to learn budgeting, understand food costs, and develop social skills through interaction in public settings. The approximate cost of this initiative is $1200/month or $13,200 annually (based on a year round schooling calendar).
Over the course of the school year, 25 meals a day over an 11-month school year(year round school calendar), means that Field Law will be helping feed students approximately 5500 meals each year!! By supporting the Nutrition Club, Field Law's impact on the health and well-being for the students at WRHS will be tremendous!
Who Will Benefit?
The Nutrition Club supports students in grades 1-12 at William Roper Hull School who have behavioral, emotional, social and mental health challenges.
Across Canada, young people are struggling. Support systems are stretched to the limit. Families are waiting months, even years, for professional help. Too many are left without the support they need to heal, facing their trauma and mental health conditions alone. At Hull, we see what happens when help comes too late. Kids who’ve been moved from place to place. Parents who blame themselves. Trust that’s been broken again and again. 89% percent of the children we support have experienced significant trauma before the age of five. Without the right support, that trauma doesn’t just fade. It shapes how young people learn, connect, and grow. It makes everything harder.
But here’s what we know: healing is possible.
the future kids start to imagine for themselves. We have the skills and the will to give Alberta's young people a chance at a better future. What Hull needs now is the capacity to reach more of them. The belief that every young person deserves that chance. And the investment to make it real.
Hull is where families come when they’ve tried everything else. When their support system has broken down. When any step forward seems daunting. We are here to support. As a leader in youth mental health, Hull Services brings decades of experience and innovation to every child and family we serve. Our 28-acre campus, the largest of its kind in Canada, is so much more than a facility. It’s a healing ecosystem built around a person's needs. A place where support is personalized, culturally grounded, and backed by therapeutic approaches that work. Approaches that we believe are important for us to extend into the community, meeting young people, and families where they are as well as welcoming them in.
We support young people throughout their development and are proud of our work to transition them back into their families and community. We adapt to their needs. We walk alongside them until healing takes hold. When you support Hull, you’re funding so much more than a program. You’re investing in the possibility of healing, and the belief that every young person can build resilience for a brighter future.