Summer food program looks for participants
Because hunger doesn’t stop when the school year ends, officials are encouraging more participation in the Summer Food Service Program.
“There are children in this country who struggle with hunger,” said Christina Winniewicz, coordinator of the Summer food Service Program for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
Nationwide, she explained, one in five children are considered food insecure. That means they may not know where their next meal is coming from. While these children find help in their school food programs, many battle hunger when school is not in session.
To combat this, Winniewicz and other officials addressed representatives from local community organizations Tuesday morning, hoping to increase the number of sponsors and sites participating in the Summer Food Service Program. They spoke in an information session sponsored by the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and Fayette County Summer Food Service Program Task Force at Calvary Baptist Church in Uniontown.
More information is available in an upcoming edition of HeraldStandard.com.