Summer Food Service
As the end of the school year approached, many teachers and students were filled
with anticipation of the long, care-free summer days to come. No more classes.
No more homework. No more tests. But for many students, the end of school also
signaled the end to guaranteed meals on a regular basis.
In Michigan, over 421,000 children receive free or reduced-price meals through
the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs (NSLP and NSBP). During the
summer, those same children frequently miss daytime meals because their
caregivers are unable to provide the ingredients.
This summer, the Food Bank partnered with 45 feeding sites throughout Flint and
Saginaw to help keep these young individuals nourished and healthy. As a sponsor
of the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), the Food Bank was able to
distribute nearly 70,000 meals through daily deliveries to each location during
the summer of 2006. For more information, contact Shawn Flood at the Food Bank
of Eastern Michigan 810.239.4441. Or email Shawn at
sflood@fbem.org
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