Welcome and Overview

Welcome to the web page for the Summer Meal Program Coalition.

CCRWF has joined with organizational leaders from throughout California to form the Summer Meal Program Coalition, a statewide network united to combat hunger and obesity by increasing access to subsidized summer meal programs.  We partner with the Nutrition Services Division of the California Department of Education. Nutrition education is integrated into all aspects of our work.

For the past year, we have worked to increase the number of summer meal program sponsors and sites that will offer subsidized meals in Summer 2010 — and preliminary statistics from CDE indicate that we have been successful!

Key to our approach is providing summer meal program managers with information and tools to help manage their programs and provide nutritious meals and opportunities for physical activity for their kids and families.  We know you are busy and want to make your job as easy as possible!

We encourage you to take a few minutes to explore the goldmine of resources available to you — provided by successful summer meal program directors.

Link to these pages directly:

Summer Meal Case Studies and Tools - link to our April 7 webinar and all of the materials and tools that 3 amazing local programs use to promote and manage their programs.

Power Play! for Summer Meal Programs - link to our June 11 webinar that showcases how summer meal programs can tap into free technical assistance, training and materials to provide nutrition education and physical activity opportunities for kids and families.

ReThink Your Drink Program - link to our July 9 webinar on the ReThink Your Drink program that provides resources, materials and training to help your K-6 kids cut down on unhealthy drinks. 

Summer Meal TA Network - learn how you can join the Summer Meal Technical Assistance (TA) Network.  This List-Serve has been created for any staff involved in summer meal programs and provides an opportunity to ASK QUESTIONS of your colleagues and share tips and ideas!

Coalition History, Mission and Objectives - learn more about how the Coalition came into existence, who we are, and what we are trying to accomplish.