A Taste of Summer

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How You Can Help

During the school year, many children receive free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch through the School Breakfast and National School Lunch Programs. What happens when school lets out? Hunger is one of the most severe roadblocks to the learning process. Lack of nutrition during the summer months may set up a cycle of poor performance once school begins again. Hunger also may make children more prone to illness and other health issues. The Summer Food Service Program is designed to fill that nutrition gap and make sure children can get the nutritious meals they need.

So you want to help end hunger this summer? Here are a few ways you can help!

Add Your Site to Our Mobile Feeding Route

Because the Summer Food Service Program reaches only a fraction of the children in need. The Village Community Development Corporation has decided to deploy mobile feeding sites into the community. Your location could be added as a stop along our feeding route. Children will be brought onboard our bus were daily lunch is served. As a Summer Food Service Program sponsor, The Village is financially and administratively responsible for the meal service at the site. We will only need your assistance to help coordinate participation.

Volunteer

While feeding children is the top priority of the Summer Food Service Program, programming is what keeps children coming back. This takes volunteers - and LOTS of them - especially in June, July, and August. Volunteers can help with basics like transporting food, setting up, or cleaning up a site-they also plan and do educational or recreational activities with the children.

Share

Tell others how the Summer Food Service Program helps feed hungry children and discuss how they or their organization can help. The more people know about the issues, the more likely they are to take action to help end hunger or know how to help their own children.

For more information contact The Village Community Development Corporation by email at sfsp@villagecdc.org.