With school now out for the season, some parents who rely on school breakfasts and lunches have the added worry of how to feed their children, but as GusoffTV reports, nearly 2,000 children on Long Island will now have healthy meals at camp.
- With school now out for the season, some parents who rely on school breakfasts and lunches have the added worry of how to feed their children.Summer fun has begun across Long Island. At a camp in Wyandanch, kids get more than healthy activities and role models. They're also getting healthy meals. is distributing 50,000 federally funded meals this summer to Long Island children in need at 29 sites.
Across the nation, children in more than 12% of households live with food insecurity, according to the Department of Agriculture. "Mom might be in jail. Dad may be around, he could be abusive. We have orders of protections for some children," said Joe Gibbons, board president of the Gerald Ryan Outreach Center."Food is very important. A lot of these children will not have dinner tonight, so food is paramount."
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