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Local Sites for Free and Reduced Summer Lunch

85 percent of children on the free and reduced lunch program during the school year don't take advantage of it during the summer.

In Pennsylvania, approximately 702,000  children are eligible for the free or reduced lunch program during the school year, according to a press release from US Senator for Pennsylvania, Bob Casey.

However, nearly 85 percent of those children do not take advantage of the program during the summer months.

The Summer Food Service Program is "a federal nutrition program jointly run by the US Department of Agriculture and the Pennsylvania Department of Education" and has hundreds of site across the state.

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The local sites for the Summer Food Service Program are:
  • YMCA Strong Program at Roosevelt School, 1161 Markley Street
  • Central Montgomery MH/MR Center - STAP, 1211 DeKalb Street
  • Norristown Baptist Church Feeding Site, 1225 Pine Street
  • Montgomery County OIC, 1101 Arch Street
  • Siloam Baptist Church, 1329 Willow Street
  • The George Washington Carver Community Center, 249 E Jacoby Street
  • Patrician Society Summer Camp, 703 Green Street
  • Elmwood Park Bandshell, 340 Harding Blvd.
  • Westend New Testament Church, 23 W Marshall Street
  • Ma'ams Rays of Hope, 501 W Elm Street
  • Hancock School, Arch and Summit Streets
  • Grace Lutheran Church, 506 Haws Avenue
  • St. Francis of Assisi School, 601 Buttonwood Street
  • ACLAMO at Marshal Street Elementary, 1525 W Marshall Street
  • Penn Christian Academy, 50 W Germantown Pike, East Norriton
  • PA Migrant Education Program at East Norriton Middle School, 330 Roland Drive., East Norriton

Learn more about the program by calling 1-866-3-HUNGRY or 1-877-8-HAMBRE or on their website at www.pasummermeals.com.

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