Search ▸ Communication to the City Council
a report from Councillor Alanna Mallon and Councillor Sumbul Siddiqui, Co- Chairs of the Human Services and Veterans Committee, for a public hearing held on October 25, 2018 to discuss the Summer Food Program Update
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#tachment A
PROJECT
Community Profile: Cambridge
Sponsor: Department of Human Service Programs
CNOP Outreach Coordinator: Krity Scor 10.
A FRESH APPROACH
TO ENDING HUNGIEN"
COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS
SITES IN CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE
Population: 685,094 (16.5% under 18)'
Poverty Rate: 14% (compared to 10.4% overall in MA)'
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Primary Languages other than English: Spanish, Chinese,
African Languages, Portuguese, French Creole
District Snapshot 2018
# of Schools
% F/R Lunch
Student
Free &
Enrollment
Reduced %
Participation
17
42%
63%
6,914
SUMMER EATS DATA
Red polygons show open meal site eligibility.
Orange points show 2018 meal sites.
In 2017, 1 sponsor served a total of 41,208 meals in
Cambridge at 6 open and 15 closed sites. In 2018, the same
KEY STAKEHOLDERS
sponsor provided meals at 5 open sites and 14 closed sites.
School Nutrition Director: Melissa Honeywood
Cambridge's 2017 Summer Eats participation rate was 49% of
Superintendent: Dr. Kenneth Salim
its schoot lunch rate. We estimate that in 2017, 2,061
children eligible for F/R meals during the school year did not
City Mayor: Mark McGovern
receive Summer Eats meals.
State Representatives: Marjorie Decker,
Mike Connolly, Dave Rogers
Summer Data Snapshot
State Senator: Pat Jehlen
Avg # of F/R kids served
Avg # of kids served daily in
U.S. Representative: Katherine Clark, Mike Capuano
school lunch dally in
July 20173
March 20[phone removed]
Student Race and Ethnicity in Cambridge
itacon american 252:
ABOUT CAMBRIDGE
Haspanic 137%
flative Amenican- 0.3%
There are currently no Summer Eats sponsored supper or
weekend meals for kids and teens in Cambridge. There are
Native Hassian, PacificIslander- 0.2%
also no open breakfast options. It would be beneficial to try
Multi- Race. Non.Hispan-st
and find pockets in the community where more open meal
sites could be hosted and potentially change meal service
20
Too
times to better access kids and teens where they are.
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Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Meals Served
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Snack
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Snack
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Breakfast, Lunch
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PROFeT
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Open
Open
Open
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Closed
Closed
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Open/Closed
665
937
468
809
414
349
[phone removed]
3269
3070
3153
1530
3440
2620
4520
[phone removed]
2391
5603
Served
Total Meals
13
31
25
14
17
23
34
20
61
70
47
52
12
13
56
32
49
82
69
22
106
Participation
Average Daily
Summer Eats 2017 Participation in Cambridge
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Sponsor
Dept of Human Service Programs
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Site Name
Y EDUCATION
Danehy Park
Gold Star Mother's Park
Greene-Rose Heritage Park
Fitzgerald Summer Camp
Camp Rainbow
Sennott Park
Camp K/Lo
Moore Youth Center/Hoyt Field
Cambridge Adventure Day Camp
Camp Day Break
Russel Field Park
Camp Big Adventure
Breakthrough
Moses Youth Center
Frisoli Youth Center
Rise Up.
Gately Youth Center
Martin Luther King Jr
Fletcher Maynard Academy/ASD
Youth Police Academy
Tobin Kids Camp
1:00 PM
Lunch
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
12:00 PM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
11:45 AM
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
12:00 PM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
Snack
3:15 PM
9:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
8:00 AM
Breakfast
8.20 AM
9:15 AM
9:30 AM
7:55 AM
9:30 AM
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
Days
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
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M-F
M-Th
Dates
7/2-8/3
7/2-8/3
7/2-8/9
7/2-8/17
7/2-8/17
7/2-8/17
7/2-8/17
7/2-8/10
7/2-8/3
7/2-8/17
7/2-8/10
7/2-8/17
7/2-8/17
6/28-8/1
7/2-8/10
6/25-8/17
6/25-8/17
6/28-8/17
6/25-8/17
Sponsor.
Current Summer Eats Sites in Cambridge 2018
Dept of Human Service Programs
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YEDUCATION
Site Name
Danehy Park
Greene-Rose Heritage Park
Fresh Pond Apartments Playground
Hurley Street Playground
Sennott Park
Compass/ELL
Camp Rainbow
Camp K/Lo
Fitzgeraid Summer Camp
Cambridge Adventure Day Camp
Daybreak Day Camp
Breakthrough
Fletcher Maynard Academy/ASD
Frisoli Youth Center
Moses Youth Center
Gately Youth Center
Martin Luther King Jr
Summer Discovery/CRLS (Media Café)
Youth Police Academy
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PROJECT,
Community Profile: Somerville
Sponsors: Somerville Public Schools
BREAS
CNOP Outreach Coordinator: Krissy Scommegna
A FRESH APPROACH
TO ENDING HUNGER
COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS
SITES IN CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE
Population: 81,360 (12.1% under 18)'
Poverty Rate: 13.3% (compared to 10.4% overall in MA)-
Primary Languages other than English: Spanish,
Portuguese, Other Indic, French Creole
District Snapshot 20182
# of Schools
% F/R Lunch
Free &
Student
Enrollment
Participation
Reduced %
11
69%
4,868
62.5%
SUMMER EATS DATA
Red polygons show open meal site eligibility.
In 2017, 2 sponsors served a total of 47,737 meals in
Orange points show 2018 meal sites.
Somerville at 17 open and 7 closed sites. In 2018, 3 sponsors
provided meals at 17 open sites and 4 closed sites. Overall,
KEY STAKEHOLDERS
Somerville's Summer Eats participation rate in 2017 was 58%
Schoot Nutrition Director: Lauren Mancini
of its school lunch rate. We estimate 1,665 children eligible
Superintendent: Mary Skipper
for F/R meals during the school year did not receive Summer
City Mayor: Joe Curtatone
Eats meals.
State Representatives: Mike Connolly,
Denise Provost, Christine Barber
Summer Data Snapshot
State Senator: Patricia Jehlen
Average # of F/R kids
Average # of kids served
served lunch daily in
U.S. Representative: Mike Capuano
daily in July 2017ª
March 20182
1,436
2,472
Student Race and Ethnicity in Somerville
Nican mercen 0::
ABOUT SOMERVILLE SUMMER EATS
Asian-71*
While an increase in meal sites around the city allows for a
33+21:
Hispanc-an
higher access to food during the summer, there are still no
Native American - 0.1%
supper sites or weekend meal sites. This leaves a large
Statise Hawaiian, Pacificislander- G%;
opportunity for growth in the coming years. Additionally,
Muit-face, Non-Hispract 39%
collaboration among sponsors could help fill this gap and
ensure that no single sponsor feels the burden of additional
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150
40
meal sites.
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PROIECT
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CHENAR AS
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Breakfast
Lunch, Snack
Meals Served
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast, Lunch
PENTIEN
CANOE
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Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
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Open
Open
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Open/Closed
BRENS
PROJECT
83
844
543
116
115
173
105
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5369
6472
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2842
3788
1541
3889
5165
1122
5430
2255
2401
served
Total Meals
29
33
17
53
58
37
87
12
14
27
42
84
28
62
62.
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50
49
105
40
155
164
126
Average Daily
Participation
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Somerville SFSP Participation 2017
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Prospect Hill Academy.
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Site Name
Healey School
Capuano School
Kennedy School
Y EDUCATION
Dilboy Stadium
Parts and Crafts
Dilboy M.D.C Pool
Somervitle YMCA
Mystic Playground
Argenziano School
Clarendon Hill Towers
Boathouse - Shore Drive
Somervitle High School
Kidstop @ Powderhouse Park
Full Circle / Next Wave Schools
Latta Bros. MDC Pool/Foss Park
Come Outside and Play - Kennedy
Come Outside and Play - Foss Park
East Somerville Community Schoo!
Come Outside and Play - Trum Field
Come Outside and Play - Walnut Street
Come Outside and Play - Hodgkins Park
Prospect Hill Academy Charter School
Come Outside and Play - East Somerville
West Somerville Neighborhood School
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
11:45 AM
lunch
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
12:00 PM
11:30 AM
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
11:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
12:30 PM
12:00 PM
11:30 AM
11:40 AM
11:45 AM
12:20 AM
Snack
3:30 PM
PROJECT
9:00 AM
8:45 AM
8:00 AM
7:30 AM
8:45 AM
8:15 AM
8:00 AM
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
Breakfast
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
Days
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-F
M-Th
Dates
8/6-8/10
7/2-8/10
7/30-8/3
7/5-8/10
7/5-8/10
7/5-8/10
7/5-8/10
7/5-8/10
7/5-8/10
7/5-8/10
6/25-8/24
6/28-8/24
7/5-8/10
7/5-8/10
7/5-8/10
7/5-8/10
7/9-7/13
7/5-8/10
7/5-8/10
7/16-7/20
7/23-8/10
Somerville Current Sites 2018
Sponsor
YMCA Malden
YMCA Malden
YMCA Malden
= 2335000 cocostrong readooser
Somerville Public Schools
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Somerville Public Schoals
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Open
Open
Open
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Open
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Open
Open
Open
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Open
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Open/Closed
Y EDUCATION
Park
School
Site Name
Healey School
Capuano School
Kennedy School
Lexington Park
Dilboy Stadium
Somervitle YMCA
Mystic Playground
Argenziano School
Capuano Playground
Fuil Circle / Next Wave
Boathouse - Shore Drive
Kidstop @ Powderhouse Park
Somerville Y @ SHS Field House
Latta Bros. MDC Pool/Foss Park,
Somerville Parks and Recreation
Come Outside and Play - Kennedy
Come Outside and Play - Hodgkins
Come Outside and Play - Walnut St
East Somerville Community School
Somerville Y @ Prospect Hill Academy
West Somerville Neighborhood School
Attachment c
Summer Food Service Program
Total number of meals distributed
3 year Span
18 sites
2018
39 days
Breakfast
Lunch
Snack
14,616
16,287
21 sites
39 days
2017
฿
19,191
2,316
19,701
23 sites
39 days
2016
B
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22,073
22,365
3,302
OPEN OUTDOOR PARK SITES (numbers included in total above)
Distribution dependent on weather
2018 daily
2018
2017
Lunch only
average
2016
16
618
Danehy
937
7550
14
Fresh Pond
538
N/A
N/A
Russell
414
N/A
535
Greene-Rose
19
754
609
665
261
7
N/A
Hurley St
N/A
i Sennott
398
10
373
349
12 sites city funded
2018 only
Gore St.
700
18
742
468
660
Hoyt Field
17
655
809|
2018
-
Closed Sites: 13
Attachment Dopensites: 7
Total Sites: 20
SUMMER FOOD - SITE LIST
Total Enrolled
MEAL TIMES
DURATION
NAME & LOCATION
NO.
CLOSED
B:9:00-10:00 am
7/2-8/10
001
Camp Rainbow
L: 12:30-1:30 pm
Morse School
30
40 Granite Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
CLOSED
B: 8:30-9115am
7/2-8/17
Fitzgerald Summer Camp
005
L: 12:30-1:30 pm
Peabody School
100
70 Rindge Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140
CLOSED
B: 8:00-8:20 am
7/2-8/10
Breakthrough
006
L: 1:00-1:20 pm
CRLS (Main Café)
142
* No Friday Lunches
459 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
CLOSED
009
B: 9:30-10:00 am
Gately Youth Center
6/25 - 8/17
L: 12:30-1:00 pm
70R Rindge Ave (Rear)
37
Cambridge, MA 02140
011
CLOSED/Census
7/2-8/3
Cambridge Adv. Day Camp
B: 9:00-9:30 am
L: 12:00-1:00 pm
Matignon High School
104
1 Matignon Street
Cambridge, MA 02140
019
7/2-8/3
B: 8:30-9:30 am
CLOSED/Census
DayBreak Day Camp
39
Fayerweather Street School
L: 11:30-12:30 pm
765 Concord Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
035
Frisoli Youth Center
B:9:30-10:00 am
6/25 - 8/17
CLOSED/Census
61 Willow Street
L: 12:30-1:00 pm
19
Cambridge, MA 02141
043
Danehy Park
7/2 - 8/17
L 11:30-12:30 pm
99 Sherman Street
OPEN/Census
Cambridge, MA 02140
052
6/28-8/17
Fletcher Maynard Academy/
CLOSED/Census
B: 8:00-9:00 am
ASD
225 Windsor Street
L: 11:00-12:30 pm
58
Cambridge, MA 02139
7/2-8/17
Sennott Park
L: 11:30-12:30 pm OPEN/Census
053
Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139
054
7/2-8/17
Greene-Rose Heritage Park
OPEN/Census
L 11:30-12:30 pm
155 Harvard Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
056
7/2-8/10
L: 11:00-12:00pm CLOSED/Census
Youth Police Academy
125 Sixth Street
28
Cambridge, MA 02142
* No Friday Lunches
- 1 of 2 -
Updated: 10/24/2018
Open Sites: 7
2018
Closed Sites: 13
SUMMER FOOD - SITE LIST
Total Sites: 20
CLOSED/Census
7/2 - 8/17
B: 8:30-9:15 am
061
Camp K/Lo
L: 11:45 - 12:30 pm
KennedyLongfellow School
106
158 Spring Street
Cambridge, MA 02141
B. 8:30 - 9:15 am
ML King
CLOSED/Census
067
6/28 - 8/1
L: 12:00 - 12:30pm
Martin Luther King School
102 Putnam Ave.
127
Cambridge, MA 02139
CLOSED
B: 8:30 ~ 9:30 am
072
Compass/ELL
7/2-8/9
Tobin Montessori School
L: 11:00 - 12:00 pm
197 Vassal Lane
191
Cambridge, MA 02138
7/2-8/3
CLOSED
Summer Discovery/CRLS
069
B: 7:55-8:20 am
CRLS
(Media Café)
50
459 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
070
Fresh Pond Apts.
OPEN/Census
L 11:30-12:30 pm
7/2-8/17
362-364 Rindge Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
Hurley Street Playground
071
L: 11:30-12:30 pm
OPEN/Census
7/2 - 8/17
252 Hurley Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
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Moore Youth Center
000
7/2-8/17
OPEN
L: 11:30-12:30 pm
12 Gilmore St. (Hoyt Field)
Cambridge, MA 02139
Gold Star Mother's Park
000
OPEN
712 - 8/17
L 11:30-12:30 pm
155 Gore Street
Cambridge, MA 02141
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Updated: 10/24/2018
Leran Minc
Manager of Public Policy
Krissy Scommegna
[email removed]
[email removed]
Child Nutrition Outreach Coordinator - Eastern MA
Innovative Ways to Expand
Summer Eats in Cambridge
FREE MEALS FOR KIDS & TEENS
Attachment E
SUMMER
EATS
2018
Schools
Housing
Libraries
Eligibility
• Eligible
www.projectbread.org
Farmer's Markets
HUD Multi-Family
FY19 Census Tract
Not School Data
• School Data Eligible
FY18 Combined Eligibility
USDA Summer Meal Sites
Cambridge
Somerville
• 08:
Boston
Eligibility for Summer Food Service Program
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Everett
Housing
Libraries
Eligibility
Other
• Eligible
Public Schools
www.projectbread.org
Farmer's Markets
HUD Multi-Family
FY19 Census Tract
Summer Meal Sites 2018
FY18 Combined Eligibility
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Nelington-Harington
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Fletcher Maynard Academy
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East Cambridge + MIT
Charles River
East
Cambridge Street Upper School
Cambridge
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Libraries
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Other
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FY19 Census Tract
Summer Meal Sites 2018
FY18 Combined Eligibility
Mid-Cambridge
Five Poe
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Putnam Ave Upper School
Cannidge Rindge and Latin
CAMBRIDGL PUBLIC L.BRARY
Mid-Cambridge
Amigos School
Martin Luther King, Jr Schambridge
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Fletcher Maynar
SUMMER
EATS
Housing
Libraries
Eligibility
• Other
• Eligible
Public Schools
www.projectbread.org
Farmer's Markets
HUD Multi-Family
FY19 Census Tract
Summer Meal Sites 2018
FY18 Combined Eligibility
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Housing
Libraries
Eligibility
Other
• Eligible
Public Schools
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Farmer's Markets
HUD Multi-Family
FY19 Census Tract
Alewife
Summer Meal Sites 2018
FY18 Combined Eligibility
Buis Pond
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Combridge
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www.meals4kids.org
• Best Practices
- Outreach with door knockers
and books as well as playground
host in a community space or outside
• Police and Fire Departments as guests
Summer Meals Close to Home
- Access to community room with computers
• Donations or giveaway prizes from Xfinity
• Volunteers to read to kids and play games
- Activities that partner with and engage community
• Meadowbrook Apartments - Florence/Northampton
- Barriers: crossing the street [Rose Green Heritage Park Site!
- Plan with residential service coordinators at housing property to
SUMMER
EATS
www.meals4kids.org
• Best Practices
• Book giveaway
Books and Bites
• Peabody Institute Library
- Teen librarian is very involved
- Water Wednesdays + outdoor grill
- Coincide meals with programming
- Check in with kids at computers, etc.
• Yoga, breakdancing, and entertainers
• Grant funding used to purchase yard games
• Mattapan Branch of Boston Public Library
- Programming run by Mattapan Food and Fitness Council
SUMMER
EATS
FREE MEALS FAR KOS L TEEN
www.meals4kids.org
• Best Practices
- Lunch sites near splash pads
to leave the pool and lose their spot
- Dinner sites at pools - kids don't want
parks and offer meals to kids and teens
Increasing Participation at Park Sites
- Let community dynamics shape which parks are sites
people spend time there. Around noon? In the early evening?
Make sure you are synching meal to when people are at park.
- Observe the park at different times of the day to determine when
SUMMER
EATS
- Partner with other organizations that have summer programming at
www.meals4kids.org
- Bike Raffle - Waltham
• Contests and giveaways
• Worcester Mobile Program
• Based on participation at site
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WHEN SCHOOL'S OUT,
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Increasing Participation at Park Sites
- Tickets to theme parks, restaurants, etc - Springfield
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• Consistent programming, pool sites, and quality food
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period.
programming
• Best Practices
Beyond Lunch
for their parents to get home?
from serving an afternoon snack?
• Add programming other than physical activity
• Teens tend to eat later - extend lunch period?
- Offer breakfast in situations where there is solid all day
• Are there sports programs in the afternoon that would benefit
• Library - Are teens playing computer games? Are kids waiting
- Currently all open sites in Cambridge serve lunch at the same time
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- Serve snacks in the late afternoon in places where kids congregate
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• Best Practices
Beyond Lunch
• On Point - Salem
serve meals to teens
• Statewide consistency
sports or have practice
programming for teens
- Adopt Summer Eats brand
- Open up closed sites - schools
- Encouraging teens to participate
• Friendly House in Worcester offers
• Sites near places where kids are playing
• Marlborough has a teen center where they
• Project Bread provides promotional resources
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minimal price
• Best Practices
able to have a meal on their own
• Munson Middle School - Munson
• North Village Apartments - Webster
- Charge adults no more than the cost of the meal
- Rural town where sites are only accessible by car
- Are meals for adults provided for purchase or for free?
Feeding Adults at Summer Eats Sites
- Is open to any adult or those accompanying kids to meal site?
- Parents drive kids to site and are able to purchase meal at cost
• Meadowbrook Apartments - Florence/Northampton
- Adults have been able to purchase meals for the past 2 years for a
- In planning stages to provide meals for free to adults, kids, and teens
- Allow space for kids and parents to participate in activities together or be
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Leran Minc
Manager of Public Policy
Krissy Scommegna
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Child Nutrition Outreach Coordinator - Eastern MA
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