Visit Highlights Availability of Free Summer Meals for Low Income Students—

PERTH AMBOY – New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher helped serve lunch to 150 students participating in the Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program at Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School in Perth Amboy on Tuesday, July 10.

The Summer Food Service program helps ensure children who receive free or reduced price lunch during the school year continue getting healthy meals during the summer. Secretary Fisher wants to call attention to these programs to increase the number of children accessing these vital resources.

The federally-funded program reimburses participating organizations for meals served to children who live in areas in which at least 50 percent of the children qualify for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program.

Most participating organizations may be reimbursed for up to two meals a day – lunch and either breakfast or a snack.

Fisher noted that most Summer Food Service sponsors have begun their programs for the year and are available to students in their areas.

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