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Summer Meal Partners Providing Summer Meals for Kids at No
Cost
Special to The Truth
Summer Meals Partners of
NW Ohio is a community collaboration of over 35
organizations focused on increasing access to healthy foods
for kids 18 and under. This is the fourth year of the
collaboration and significant improvements have taken place
around the region. This summer, Summer Meal Partners will
have over 174 site locations where kids can get a healthy
meal at no cost and, in many instances, kids can get to
enjoy educational, enrichments or activities.
There are tens of
thousands of kids who rely on free or reduced meals that
they receive at school during the academic year so when
summer arrives many d no consistently receive nutritious
meals. One in four kids struggle with hunger on a regular
basis.
“The work of Summer Meal
Partners is critical because we have implemented
community-wide solutions to fight childhood hunger and work
collectively to help some of our most vulnerable residents –
hungry kids. The reach of this group has expanded greatly,”
said Wendi Huntley, president of Connecting Kids to Meals
and the group’s spokesperson.
The meal program kicked
off on June 5 at an event at Scott High School’s cafeteria
which was an opportunity for members of the community to
sample some of the food items that kids will be eating this
summer. Some of the supporters of the program include
ProMedica, United Way of Greater Toledo, Mental Health &
Recovery Services Board of Lucas County, Children’s Hunger
Alliance, Connecting Kids to Meals, Buckeye Health, Fifth
Third Bank, St. Luke’s Foundation and OSU Extension Center.
For more information on
the program and the sites that will be serving meals visit
partnerstoledo.org.
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