Information About the Summer Food Service Program:
For Prospective Summer Food Sponsors and Sites:
Resources for Existing Summer Food Sponsors and Sites:
- Summer Food Promotions: View examples of how fellow sponsors and sites are currently promoting their summer food program. **NEW
- Summer Food Service Program Successes! Survey Results: Great Ideas from Summer Food Sponsor
- 2009 Summer Food Sponsor Directory
- Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables (JSY): Administered by the NYS Department of Health, JSY provides free nutrition education to low-income individuals and families throughout NYS. For the past two summers, JSY has partnered with dozens of summer food sites to provide nutrition education at summer meal sites. Click here to learn more about the Summer Food Pilot Project and here to schedule the JSY Van to visit your summer food site.
- The Nutrition Outreach and Education Program can help promote your Summer Food sites! Click here to find out if NOEP exists in your county to help spread the word about the existence of your sites and help increase participation.
- FRAC: Strategies in Tough Economic Times: Increasing Access to Summer Meals: This brief outlines several proactive strategies that state agencies, schools, anti-hunger and child advocates, non-profits and other stakeholders can implement immediately to meet the rising need for nutrition during the summer months. Click here to access.
- Northeast Regional Anti-Hunger Network: Summer Food Service Program Best Practices Tool This resource is the result of an initiative funded by the UPS Foundation called the Northeast Collaboration to Reduce Hunger and Improve Nutrition. This project was intended to increase participation in the SFSP and reflects collaborative work from organizations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont. Click here for more details.
- FRAC: Tips for Staying in the Black
- Summer Food Summit: In October 2008, the Nutrition Consortium hosted the 9th Annual Summer Food Summit. The Summit provided an opportunity for attendees to network with fellow sponsors, program administrators, and advocates; ask questions about the SFSP pertaining to your program; exchange ideas and strategies to increase SFSP participation in your area; and ultimately maximize the success of SFSP around the state. Click here to view the agenda.
- How to Host a Kick Off Event Suggestions
- Suggestions for Increasing Participation at Your Sites
Sample Outreach Materials to Promote Your Summer Food Service Program:
SFSP Related Research:
Additional materials from the Child Nutrition Related Tools/Resources page
