Aldine ISD Child Nutrition Services Will Serve up Good Nutrition for Local Children This Summer

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This summer, Aldine ISD will connect children 18 and younger and enrolled students with disabilities up to 21 years old with healthy, no-cost summer meals. The Seamless Summer Option (SSO) is a U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition program administered in the Lone Star State by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). For the children who rely on school meals during the academic year, these meals offer a source of good nutrition when school is out for the long summer vacation.

“Aldine children need good nutrition year-round to learn, grow, and succeed in life,” said Susan D’Amico, Executive Director of Child Nutrition Services. “With nearly 2 million food insecure children living in Texas, these healthy meals are vital to nourishing young Texans during the summer vacation.”

You can visit our website https://aldinecafe.org for more details about participating campuses and meal service times.

Aldine ISD is one of the nonprofit organizations that is partnering with TDA to serve meals across Texas. Families are encouraged to use these three tools to find a meal site anywhere in the state:

•  Call 2-1-1 to speak to a live operator
•  Visit SummerFood.org for an interactive site locator map
•  Text FOOD or COMIDA to 304-304

Organizations partner with TDA to serve meals in areas where more than 50 percent of children are eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the National School Lunch Program. Eligible sponsoring organizations include schools, faith-based groups, nonprofit summer camps, government agencies, and other tax-exempt organizations. An organization with a contract with TDA must sponsor all meal sites.

Summer meal sites help children succeed by providing the nourishment they need to return to school in the fall, ready to thrive.

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