SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM: Kids Café sponsors the Dept. of Educ. Summer Food Service Program. Summer can be a very hungry time for children who normally rely upon school breakfast and lunch programs to get the food they need to sustain their growing bodies and minds. In Summer 2011 we had 25 sites serving lunch, as well as either a breakfast or an afternoon snack. These sites operated in some of our neediest neighborhoods. In the course of 10 weeks 23,440 breakfasts, 10,251 snacks and 46,008 lunches were served.
AFTER-SCHOOL SNACK PROGRAM: Kids Café sponsors the Florida Department of Health Child Care Food Program. This program provides free after-school snacks through a network of 14 sites serving approximately 650 children each week throughout the academic school year. Program sites provide after-school care and tutoring to children in neighborhoods where the servicing school has a 50% or higher eligibility rate for free & reduced lunch programs. Through Kids Café these children are receiving critical and nutritious snacks while attending the after-school programs.
2011 HUNGER-FREE SUMMER - GILCHRIST COUNTY: This summer was another SUPER summer for feeding children in rural Gilchrist County. Special thanks to ConAgra Foods for their grant provided through Feeding America. A total of 18,859 lunches were distributed over 10 weeks throughout the summer. Congratulations to the Hunger Free Summer team for an awesome job.
Bread of the Mighty Food Bank, Inc.* 325 NW 10th Avenue * Gainesville, FL 32601
(352-336-0839
email: foodbank7@bellsouth.net
The KIDS CAFE program was established at Bread of the Mighty in September 2007 to provide free meals and snacks to children in Gainesville and the surrounding areas.
WEEKEND BACK PACK PROGRAMS:
ALACHUA COUNTY: Kids Cafe in collaboration with Food4Kids - North Florida is helping to provide weekend meals for children in twelve schools throughout Alachua County.
GILCHRIST COUNTY: This first 90 back packs rolled out to Gilchrist County children on Friday, January 13, 2012.
WCJB TV 20 coverage of the story here...
