Weekend Reading - School Lunch and Childhood Hunger
When school lets out for the summer, thousands of kids in this country lose the free lunch they depend on every day. The school lunch program feeds 31 million kids nationally - 62% of whom are eligible for free or reduced price meals.
There are some summer feeding programs to close this gap but not enough - just 34 summer feeding sites for every 100 school lunch programs. American Progress has a great article with all the details here:www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/06/summer_hunger.html
If you're not convinced of yet that childhood hunger exists in American, you can read the fact sheet at Feeding American at http://feedingamerica.org/faces-of-hunger/hunger-101/child-hunger-facts.aspx
Fortunately, our food bank on Long Island IS running a summer feeding program this summer and you can help. Just go to www.islandharvest.org/page.aspx?id=109&name=Summer%20Food%20Program
And if you're looking for more ways to help, Michelle Obama's Let's Move site has a list: www.letsmove.gov/blog/united_we_serve.html
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