New Summer Food Resources

Now available online! The Nutrition Consortium of NYS has new Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) resources for sponsors, sites, and communities interested in promoting free summer meals for children (click here):

• Summer Food Service Program Successes! Survey Results: Great Ideas and Efforts from Summer Food Sponsors
• Bridging the Summer Nutrition Gap: The Summer Food Service Program in NYS 2009
• Outreach Materials for Promoting Your Summer Food Program

For a list of summer meal sites in your area, please call the "Growing Up Healthy Hotline” at: 1-800-522-5006.

In NYC, click here to visit the Office of SchoolFood’s website to locate a site in NYC.

In addition, don’t forget to check our website for our latest publication on the School Breakfast Program in NYS, recommendations for improving NYS’ methods of direct certification for free school meals, and advocacy alerts about the federal Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization!

Please visit: http://www.nutritionconsortium.org/childnutritioncenter.htm