Kids Summer Meals (KSM) provides families with children and teens ages 2-17 an additional resource for healthy, nutritious meals for children during the summer months. The Food Bank has sponsored the program since summer 2009 and through it, have provided nearly 1.8 million meals. KSM sites typically offer breakfast and/or lunch for children when school is officially out for the summer.
The Help Center NC has been a Kids Summer Meals site since 2018. President Twanna Joyner Jones finds the program is vital to the kids receiving the meals, but it also takes pressure off their caretakers. Even during COVID, the Help Center provided meals and activities the kids could do safely at home.
“I love being a part of the program,” said Jones. “The Food Bank does the heavy lifting and allows us to just stand on the front lines.” Jones also shared that their agency has already been seeing an increase in demand, so KSM will be especially helpful this year.
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