Summer Meals
Voice of Experience
A great example of a summer feeding program in St. Cloud, Minnesota, by one of our partners.
Hear Yes Network leader, Jerry Sparby on serving kids locally shares his approach and experience. (video, 02:38)
WORKING our way back
In 2025, there were 23,884 children served at summer sites in the 7-county metro area and 30,755 served in greater Minnesota.
We continue to fall below 2019 levels at sites that are sponsored by credible community-based organizations.
The Summer Child Nutrition Index below included, in yellow, the implications of the COVID federal food program fraud scheme from 2020-22.
This fraud inflated and distorted the reported numbers. The years 2019, and then 2023-2025 portray verified numbers.
To close the summer meal gap, we need to supply more than 10 million additional meals to reach the 250,000 children living in identified high-need areas across Minnesota.
OUR GOAL
We aim to provide 1 million more meals by working with credible community non-profit sponsors and operators, expanding school district sponsorships through out efficient record-keeping platform.
Our approach
Partnering with the Minnesota Department of Education, we created mobile app that you can download at Apple App or Goggle Play stores.
More details about the app can be found on our app page.
