Many of us are fortunate to not need the services of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. But it's good to know that it's there for those who do. This summer they are focusing on the children of Los Angeles to make sure that they have hot meals that would otherwise be provided at school during lunch time. The summer time is an all time low for donations and volunteering. Let's pull together so that no child goes without a hot meal. After all they deserve it...they are our future.
On June 1, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank will launch its 10th annual Summer Meal Program, which has nearly doubled in size over the past three years due to increasing need. The program will run until school begins, providing nutritious lunches to children who would normally access their mid-day meal at school.
The L.A. Regional Food Bank provides enough food to feed 280,500 clients monthly, some of which is distributed through various summer programs throughout Los Angeles County in accordance with the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which also operates during the school year.
In 2015, the program – which reaches those children most in need during the critical summer months, when volunteerism and donations are at their lowest – will serve more than 6,000 meals a day from more than 100 distribution sites, including Boys and Girls Clubs, summer school locations, community centers, the Salvation Army and some public libraries.
The updated list and income guidelinesfor 2015 provide the closed and open sites available, the types of meals offered, meal service start and end dates, meal service times and income requirements for closed sites. Open sites are places where any child can get a meal. Registration is required at closed sites.
In accordance with federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
About Los Angeles Regional Food Bank:
For 42 years, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has worked to mobilize resources in the community to alleviate hunger. With a vision that no one goes hungry in Los Angeles County, the Food Bank has distributed more than 1 billion pounds of food since its inception. It provides food to 280,500 people monthly and in 2014 distributed 59 million pounds of food. The Food Bank collects food from hundreds of resources, which – with the help of 27,000 volunteers annually – it distributes through a network of more than 690 partner agencies at more than 1,000 distribution and program sites. In addition, 97 percent of monies raised and in-kind donations go directly to programs. Our efficiency and effectiveness led the LA Business Journal to name the Food Bank as the “Nonprofit Organization of the Year” among large local organizations in 2013. For more information or to get involved, visit: www.lafoodbank.org
