CKC Good Food provides food service to Girl Scouts River Valleys summer camps.
More than 500,000 MN kids are food insecure. USDA summer meal programs offered through schools, nonprofits and camps help fill kids' nutritional needs when school's out.
Kids don't have to go without access to regular, healthy meals, thanks to federal summer meal programs. CKC Good Food works with many schools and nonprofit organizations, like Boys & Girls Clubs, in the Twin Cities to provide free summer meals to kids under 18 throughout the summer.
USDA and MDE have extended waivers instituted in response to COVID-19 school closures. These waivers allow programs to continue providing 7-day bundled meals (if this is your preferred option) to your scholars through August 31!
State and federal officials have warned social distancing guidelines will remain for some time. Food insecurity will continue to grow as the economy and jobs slowly rebound. Kids will continue to need regular meals through the summer.
In honor of School Lunch Hero Day (#SLHD), we say THANK YOU to school nutrition heroes fighting food insecurity on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response.