So what does that mean? “During the school year, 22 million children receive free or reduced-priced meals through the National School Lunch Program. When school is out during the summer months, however, only 2.7 million receive free or reduced-price meals through the USDA Summer Food Service Program. This gap of 1 in 8 summer to school-time participants is the result of various barriers experienced only during the summer, including a lack of access to meal sites, insufficient program awareness, and limited resources when schools are closed.” (Feeding America)

Does Your Local Feeding America Food Bank Operate a Summer Food Program?

Use the Food Bank Locator to contact your local food bank and find out what it is doing to solve hunger in your community!

“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.”

-Celia Thaxter

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