Care & Share Food Bank Receives USDA Funds for Summer Feeding Program

Care & Share Food Bank is pleased to announce that it has received funding through USDA’s Summer Food Service Program which will allow Care & Share to maintain the five summer feeding sites currently serving southern Colorado as well as expand services in the future. 13 million American children live in households where a meal everyday is not a sure thing. Nationally, for every 100 children who receive a free or reduced price meal during the school year, only 20 children are receiving meals during the summer. El Paso County had just over 99,000 children signed up for free or reduced price school lunch. Only 9 for every 100 of these kids will participate in a summer feeding program (#42 in America).

Care & Share plays a crucial role in improving that ratio. By connecting local organizations such as YMCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs and summer school programs to food available through the USDA Summer Food Service Program, more children from low-income neighborhoods will be assured healthy meals, and local organizations will be able to offer a basic need to the youth they serve without having to spend their own limited resources.

Meals and snacks are being served at four sites in El Paso County and one site in Pueblo County.

Locations and times are as follows:

Meals will be provided to all children without charge. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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