Now that school is out for many Ohio children, we passed the mic to the Ohio Association of Foodbanks’ Director of Grocery Procurement and Child Nutrition Initiatives, Carol Whitmer, to talk about the programs that provide free meals for kids during the summer months. She speaks with Shane Hoffman of Team Vittles and Diana Davet of the Greater Cleveland Foodbank to examine the ways that summer meal programs are working for Ohio children and the ways they are not. These anti-hunger advocates speak about what they would change to make sure that no Ohio children go hungry.  

References: 

Find your local summer meal site on the Ohio Department of Education website here. You can also call 1-866-3-HUNGRY (486479) or text ‘FOOD’ or ‘COMIDA’ to 304-304 to find a site near you or get more information.  

“Nearly half of families with kids can no longer afford enough food 5 months after child tax credit ended,” by Carmen Reinicke, CNBC  

Learn more about Team Vittles on their website, on Twitter @TeamVittlesOH, and on their podcast, Join the Food Fight.  

Learn more about Greater Cleveland Foodbank and their summer food programs on their website and on Twitter @CleFoodbank.  

Find your local foodbank to find help, volunteer, and donate here.   

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Ohio Association of Foodbanks is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization without party affiliation or bias. We are Ohio’s largest charitable response to hunger and our mission is to assist Ohio’s 12 Feeding America foodbanks in providing food and other resources to people in need and to pursue areas of common interest for the benefit of people in need.