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PHOENIX (KSAZ) - Hundreds of thousands of kids across Arizona count on school for free or reduced lunches, and many organizations are making sure those students don't go hungry during the walkout.
That includes St. Mary's Food Bank, which has teamed up with Fry's Food and Drugs and the Salvation Army to prepare grab-and-go food boxes for parents and their students.
Besides food banks and supermarkets, a number of school cafeterias within some Arizona school districts are staying open during the walk-out, in order to make sure that students are fed.
"Oh, this is unprecedented," said Patti Bilbery, Director of Nutritional Services for Scottsdale Unified School District. "This is something I've never dealt with my entire career."
Bilbery is working hard to make sure kids are fed during the walkout.
"We just made sure we had food, no matter what we had. So if we have just a trickle effect, we were prepared for that. If we had hundreds, we were prepared," said Bilbery.
SUSD officials say they're prepared to provide meals at six of their schools, for as long as need be.
Meanwhile, Scottsdale is not the only district to keep their doors open during the walkout to provide meals, as Cesar Chavez High School, a school within the Phoenix Union High School District, was also providing meals to any student.
"Each one of our units across the Valley will be offering food today and tomorrow from 10-12, as long as our resources last," said Major Nancy Dihle with the Salvation Army. "When we throw in a wrench and they're not able to get breakfast or lunch, which are provided to the schools on a daily basis, people really, really struggle, and we just want to kind of fill in the gap where we're able to, and help people get through this difficult time."
"This is our passion, and we were committed that no matter what, that during this teacher walkout that we would support the communities to make sur that no child goes hungry," said Bilbery.
Both school districts FOX 10 Phoenix visited Thursday said they didn't have a huge turnout, but they expect that if this teacher walk out stretches out for a few more days, more and more parents and students will be reaching out for help.