10 During the 2016/2017 school year, Leket distributed between 8,000 and 8,500 sandwiches each school day to more than 121 schools in 44 cities, towns and villages in Israel. The project functions in different ways in different places. There are a number of cities where Leket only supplies the ingredients and partners with other organizations that handle making the sandwiches and supervising their distribution. Some schools receive the makings of the sandwiches, and the school staff prepares the sandwiches. There are also schools where the children make the sandwiches. Tablecloths, gloves and small bags are provided for the making and packing of the sandwiches. The children receive a large freshly baked roll filled with hummus, cheese, chocolate spread, tahini or tuna. At times, it is accompanied by a fruit or vegetable that comes through Leket’s gleaning program (see page 12) and yogurt and milk that Leket receives as contributions due to their short shelf life. Neither HOT nor the municipality pay anything for what Leket gleans or receives as in-kind contributions. Through the years HOT has made more than $2,000,000 of grants paying for more than 4,000,000 sandwiches for hungry children. Since the program began we have fed between 1,250 and 4,000 (depending on the designated giving of our donors) children every school day. Contributions in-kind and their incredible efficiency have permitted Leket to reduce the direct cost of each sandwich to 44 cents. Using a 180-day school-year and a 44 cents cost per sandwich, in the 2017/2018 school it is anticipated to cost $79.20 per student. This means HOT donors will be able to feed children for a whole school-year for $52.80 with the other $26.40 coming from, or raised by, the schools). $528.00 will feed ten additional children during the 2017/2018 school year, and $5,280.00 will feed a hundred additional children. Leket’s recent loss of a major contributor to this program, coupled with what was already a huge waiting list, makes designated gifts to this program critical. HOT hopes its donors will designate up to $79,200 to feed 1,500 additional hungry children.