Summer Meal Partners

 

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What is Summer Meal Partners?

Feeding the Mind and the Body

Summer Meal Partners (SMP) of Northwest Ohio is dedicated to making sure every child is offered nutritious meals at no cost each summer. SMP is a collaboration of community organizations that have joined together to form community wide partnerships designed to create enrichment opportunities at meal sites in order to:

• Increase attendance
• Prevent learning loss
• Educate children about nutrition basics
• Encourage children to return each day
• Ensure greater supervision and safety for the children
• Engage Children in fun activities

SMP works to develop innovative approaches to eliminate barriers for children, implement community-wide solutions to hunger, and obtain key data to drive decision making.

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Summer Meal and Programming Sites

Looking for information on Summer Meal Sites?

All summer meal and programming sites will be listed here via PDF and on the Parent Calendar on this website. Summer Meal Sites

 

For more information about Summer Meal Partners, please contact Wendi Huntley at Connecting Kids to Meals.

(419) 720-1106 or [email protected] 

Also, like us on Facebook.

 

Food will be provided from June 1 to Aug. 14 through a partnership with Children’s Hunger Alliance for the City of Toledo’s Children Feeding Program. Children’s Hunger Alliance staff will be at the following parks, Monday through Friday:

• Navarre Park, 1001 White St., Toledo, Ohio 43605, pool house/parking lot, 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m.
• Savage Park, 650 Nebraska Ave., Toledo, Ohio 43604, underneath open air shelter, 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
• Walbridge Park, 2761 Broadway, Toledo, Ohio 43609, underneath open air shelter, 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
• Ottawa Park, 2200 Kenwood Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43606, underneath open air shelter, 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m.

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Pictures from our

Summer Meal Partners Kick Off 2019!

(click to enlarge)

One of the winners of a new bike!

The 2nd Winner of a brand new bike!

Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz being interviewed.

One of our fabulous vendors!

Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz

 

Hunger Facts

• The Summer Food Service Program was established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fill the gap during out of school time when children who especially rely on breakfast and lunch being provided at school will still receive nutritious meals.
• There are 50,000 children in Lucas County eligible for free and reduced-price school meals. Of these children, more than half are estimated to be living in food insecure households where consistent access to adequate food is limited by lack of money and other resources.
• During the summer months, children are 2 to 3 times more likely to gain weight.
• Over 80% of the students in the Toledo Public School District and over 60% of Washington Local Schools students qualify for free or reduced meals.
• In Lucas County alone, 40% of the population lives in poverty.
• Lack of proper nutrition can result in increased health, mental and behavioral problems. Poor nutritional intake affects a child’s learning potential.

 

THANK YOU TO OUR SUMMER MEAL PARTNERS FUNDERS AND PARTNERS!

TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (Strategic Alliance Partnership Grant)	PROMEDICA & 5K TO END HUNGER
TOLEDO ROADRUNNERS	TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WASHINGTON LOCAL SCHOOLS	CHILDREN’S HUNGER ALLIANCE
CONNECTING KIDS TO MEALS	HICKORY FARMS
MERCY HEALTH	OWENS CORNING
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION	TARTA
UNITED WAY OF GREATER TOLEDO	THREAD MARKETING GROUP
YMCA OF GREATER TOLEDO/JCC	LIVE WELL
OFFCONTACT	CUMULUS MEDIA
THE JUICE	THE CITY OF TOLEDO