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 2023, there were 29,073 children served at summer sites in the 7-county metro area and 27,809 served in greater Minnesota.
Here’s the breakdown by site.
We continue work to build back to 2019 levels at sites that are sponsored by credible community-based organizations.
The Summer Child Nutrition Index below reflects the implications of the COVID federal food program fraud scheme in the years 2020-22.
Because this fraud inflated numbers, we can more accurately compare 2019 to 2023 to reflect the meal gap.
Our work to build back capacity begins with increasing the number of credible community non- profit sponsors and operators, expanding school district sponsorships and implementing a record-keeping platform for meal counts and compliance.
To close the summer meal gap, we need to supply more than 10 million additional meals to reach the 266,000 children living in identified high-need areas across the state.
OUR GOAL
Provide 1 million more meals by working with credible community non-profit sponsors and operators, expanding school district sponsorships and implementing an 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.
