Edna Daley-Landry, 90, helps Hillcrest breakfast program

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the dayand a 90-year-old Moncton woman is taking that to heartand into the schools.

EveryWednesdayat about7 a.m., EdnaDaley-Landryheads out the door to serve upbreakfast to school children.

The90-year-olddoesn't let her age slow her down on the half hour walk toMoncton'sHillcrest school.

"Makes me feel younger when you have kids around you know," she says.

Daley-Landry only started doing this two years ago at theage of 88.

"I like to walk," she says. "I love children, and I like the people and it gives me something to do and it's a good cause.

That cause is healthy, free breakfasts for children.

Todd Smithis vice-principal of Hillcrest school,andhe says the program wouldn'texist without volunteers such as Daley-Landry.

"It is very well-attended, it's open to anybody, it doesn't matter whether they had breakfast before they came here or not."

Daley-Landrydoesn't work alone. Shehas helpers, like Hannah Gallagher, tofeedall thehungry mouths. Hannah says she doesn't mind getting up a little early to help out, "because it's fun and I like seeing all my friends."

Edna Daley-Landry attributes her good health to a life free from drinking and smoking, good genesand her motto:"Just keep going as long as your able to go."