More than 21 million children receive free or reduced price
meals during the school year, and too many of these children
don’t have enough food to eat during summer vacation. Thanks to
the Summer Food Service Program, many schools serving low-income
communities will help meet this need by providing free meals to
children at school cafeterias, parks, public housing complexes,
summer camps and churches. Burke County Schools in Georgia,
delivers summer meals to children and allows them to eat on air
conditioned buses. Children can choose from hot and cold
sandwiches, fresh fruit, juice and milk. With 14 bus routes and
over 110 stops, the school nutrition program serves
approximately 2,000 students a day, in addition to the meals
they serve in summer school, vacation Bible schools and summer
camps. Find summer meal sites in your community by calling the
National Hunger Hotline at 1-866-3-HUNGRY or 1-877-8-HAMBRE.