COVID-19’s Financial Impact Subject of New SN Digital Extra 2020-06-16While the emergency feeding efforts that resulted from unprecedented school closures this spring proved a lifeline for families across the country, school nutrition departments took major financial hits. And those financial blows hit hard, affecting both expenses and revenues. The question many directors are asking themselves is how will they recoup the losses and endure the upcoming school year? The fifth article in School Nutrition’s series of COVID-19 digital supplements, “The Financial Blows of COVID-19,”offers some sobering statistics and stories from large and small districts alike as they contend with a troubling new economic reality. But the news is not all grim: Those interviewed express the resiliency of school nutrition professionals in the face of the toughest challenges. School Nutrition thanks NutriStudents K-12 for their support in making this article available. The next supplement will be released later in June. June/July 2020 edition of School Nutrition which dives into how the pandemic impacted today’s children, and what can be done to support them during this difficult time.