To: The United States House of Representatives
Food is out for summer?
Millions of children rely on childhood nutrition programs like the Summer Food Service Program and reduced-price lunches to get a steady source of meals.
Stop the cuts to summer meal programs. I urge you to reauthorize childhood nutrition programs and restore funding.
Why is this important?
For too many kids, summer vacation means no classes, no homework -- and no source of food they can count on every day.
More than 30 million children in the U.S. rely on school lunch programs during the school year.
Yet once school lets out, only one out of every 10 kids who rely on school lunches get help from programs like the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).
Now some in Congress are on the verge of cutting these programs even further.
Congress must decide soon whether to strengthen or cut these programs.
The National Commission on Hunger, a bipartisan congressional committee tasked with advising Congress on how to combat hunger, is holding hearings around the country to get input.
It's the best shot we have to continue childhood nutrition programs that are essential to fighting hunger. These programs can help alleviate hunger for the 16 million children -- or 1 in every 5 -- who struggle to find a steady source of meals.
Cutting these programs would mean millions of empty stomachs. Strengthening these programs would help fill them. And when kids have enough to eat, they have a better shot at a decent life. It's that simple.
Add your name to stop cuts to summer meal programs for kids who depend on them.