Low-income Children Face Summer Meals Gap

Gerry Tuoti, Winchester Star: Health
Fri, 06/09/2017 - 2:49pm

While nearly 300,000 Massachusetts students get free or reduced-price lunches at school, it’s often a challenge to reach them during the summer."Low-income children are really at risk for hunger and malnutrition during the summer months," said Jordan Smith, community relations coordinator for Project Bread’s Child Nutrition Outreach Team.Last year, federally funded free summer meals programs provided an average of 53,000 lunches per day to children statewide.

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