Healthy meals when school lets out for summer

By Hayley Simmons

The last thing most Mainers are thinking of with snow on the ground is summer. For Gail Lombardi, Program Manager of the Summer Food Service Program at the Maine Department of Education, however, the next few months will be focused on recruiting sponsors dedicated to feeding children when school lets out for the summer. The Summer Food Service Program, run by the Maine Department of Education, provides kids receiving free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch during the school year with nutritious meals during the long summer months.

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School breakfast week challenges students to ‘go for gold’

School cafeterias across the country next week (March 5-9) will celebrate National School Breakfast Week by hosting “School Breakfast – Go for Gold,” a fun campaign designed to highlight how eating a balanced breakfast at school helps students shine.

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