California Summer Meal Coalition Cities Schools amp Community Partners Working Together to Build Healthy Summers Welcome A Look at the Summer Landscape Patrice Chamberlain California Summer Meal Coalition ID: 621646
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Patrice ChamberlainCalifornia Summer Meal Coalition
Cities, Schools & Community Partners:Working Together to Build Healthy SummersSlide2
Welcome, A Look at the Summer LandscapePatrice Chamberlain, California Summer Meal Coalition
City of Hayward: A Community-Wide Response to Feeding KidsMark Salinas, City of Hayward Council MemberCity of Long Beach: Successful Summer Meal PartnershipsDarlene Martin, Long Beach Unified School DistrictTamalyn Sayre, City of Long Beach Parks, Recreation, & MarineCity of Oakland: Working with Community Partners
Carmela Chase, City of Oakland Dept. of Human Services
Q + A
AgendaSlide3
Increasing need for free/reduced-price (FRP) lunch during the school year – need continues in summerIn CA, only 16% of those receiving FRP lunch participated in a summer meal program
In addition to higher rate of food insecurity, lack of access to healthy food and physical activity in summer adds to risk of childhood obesityKids may gain 2-3x as much weight during summer than during school yearLow-income kids may face greater summer learning loss
Why does summer matter?
Sources: California Food Policy Advocates, 2012; National Summer Learning Association, 2012Slide4
USDA Summer Food Service Program(SFSP) and National School Lunch Program (NSLP) / Seamless Summer Feeding Option (SSFO)
Federally-funded program reimburses school districts and community-based agencies to serve free, healthy meals to kids (up to age 18) in low-income areas when school is outSummer meal programs offer opportunities:Healthy mealsNutrition education/physical activityEnrichment/learning activitiesFacilitate community partnerships
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Vision
for SummerSlide5
City LeadersTake an active role in your city’s summer strategy; facilitate partnerships; promote local programs…
School DistrictsBecome a sponsor or vendor; expand beyond summer school; enhance your program; engage teachers and principals…Community-Based Agencies/LeadersBecome a summer meal site; promote summer meal sites in your community; recruit volunteers…
An All Hands On Deck EffortSlide6
Statewide network brought together to address the summer nutrition gap
A program of the Public Health InstituteMembers representing broad group of stakeholders: schools, afterschool programs, CBOs, food banks, food policy & anti-hunger, nutrition/physical activity, state agenciesThanks to Network for a Healthy California for making our work possible!
Alameda County Comm. Food Bank
California Afterschool Network
California Dept. of Education
California Dept. of Public Health
Network for a Healthy California
California Assoc. of Food Banks
California Food Policy
Advocates
California School Boards Association
CANFIT
Center for Collaborative Solutions
FIND Food Bank
Food Research & Action Center
Fresno Economic Opportunities
Commission
City of Oakland Dept. of Human Services
Partnership for Children & Youth
Redwood Empire Food
BankSacramento Hunger CoalitionSan Francisco Dept. of Children & YouthSchool Districts: Alvord, Bakersfield, Long Beach, Palm Springs, Riverside, San Francisco, Salida, San DiegoYMCA Silicon Valley
California Summer Meal CoalitionSlide7
WebinarsMonthly eNewsletter
Resources, Templates and ToolsNutrition Education Resourceswww.summermealcoalition.orgWhat We doSlide8
Contact Information:Patrice Chamberlain
Director, California Summer Meal CoalitionPublic Health Institute415.637.6815Patrice.chamberlain@phi.org
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It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
-Frederick
Douglass