THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2024 Page 9 Summer Eats Feeds Kids and Teens During the Summer Months Summer Eats Awareness Week is June 24-28 B OSTON — Summer Eats — the Massachusetts Summer Food Service Program — is kicking off across the Commonwealth, providing free meals to all kids and teens, ages 18 and under. In July 2023, over 2.1 million meals were served across over 1,400 sites statewide through the Summer Eats program. Throughout the school year, children in Massachusetts rely on free school meals to meet most of their daily nutrition needs. Summer Eats closes the gap when the school year ends, helping to ensure children and teens continue to grow, learn and thrive over school vacation. Participating meal providers operate and staff meal sites, often in conjunction with activities and educational programming at schools, libraries, local park and recreation areas, and more. This year, summer meal sites are operating a communal model of feeding kids onsite. Grab & Go meals are available in select rural communities. All are welcome. No registration or ID is required. Summer Eats can be accessed in conjunction with Summer EBT, additional funding for groceries while kids are out of school. For more than 20 years, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and statewide food security nonprofit Project Bread have partnered to support meal providers in offering Summer Eats meals to children in Massachusetts. Throughout the school year, the nonprofit and DESE also partner to expand access to and participation in school meal programs. This year, Project Bread has granted a total of $226,000 to 51 Summer Eats sponsors for their program outreach and capacity-building. During Summer Eats Awareness Week, Project Bread is encouraging community members to help spread the news about this free program statewide. “Last week a mom of two called Project Bread worried about how she’d feed her kids when school lets out,” says Erin McAleer, Project Bread CEO. “She’s not alone. In the summer, many families are forced to stretch exhausted grocery budgets even further. Summer Eats is such an important program because it helps close that gap. Summer Eats meal providers bring the community together and take some of the pressure off of families’ budgets. These local providers go above and beyond to make healthy meals accessible for all kids and teens. Children should spend their summer playing, growing, and enjoying time with family and friends, not worrying about their next meal.” For more information about Summer Eats, including meal site locations, visit www.projectbread.org/ summer-eats, text FOOD or COMIDA to 304-304, or call 1-800-645-8333 for help in any language. T RevereTV Spotlight he City of Revere’s Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony continues to air daily on the Community Channel. This was a ceremony that had many guest speakers along with local leaders present. Watch RTV’s coverage to hear spoken word by Michelle La Poetica and speeches about the importance and meaning of Juneteenth by Dr. Lourenço Garcia, Nicole McClain and Franciose Kodjo. Celebrate this day with the city while viewing the ceremony, but also check out a program produced by Revere Public Schools. In this program, RPS commemorates Juneteenth by following Revere High School students on a recent trip to the Rumney Marsh Burial Ground with their teachers: Michael DiMarino and Carla Maniscalco. The students learned about the historic signifi cance of the burial ground, as well as the slaves and former slaves who were buried there. This program is also airing daily on the Community Channel on RevereTV and remains posted to YouTube. Revere’s Arabic Community put on a Culture Eid Festival last Saturday at the Garfi eld School fi eld. This was an open-to-everyone celebration featuring kids’ activities: a bouncy house, cotton candy, arts & crafts and more. RevereTV was able to cover the festival with youth correspondent Manique Khessouane. Watch a short video put together from the event now playing on the Community Channel and YouTube and posted to Instagram. Be on the lookout for a few new episodes of familiar programs coming soon. Victoria Fabbo was cooking up a new recipe in the kitchen studio on Monday. She will release another episode of “Fabulous Foods with Victoria Fabbo” by next week. You will also be able to view new episodes of “What’s Cooking, Revere?” (with a local baker) and “The Wave” by the Revere Chamber of Commerce. All of these programs will play on the Community Channel and will be posted to RTV’s YouTube page. Watch all the live streams and latest replays of Revere’s local government meetings on RTV GOV. This week the Revere City Council met to confi rm the next fi scal year budget put forth by the Ways and Means Sub-Committee. This meeting and all budget hearings leading up to it over the past few weeks are now replaying on RTV GOV. Along with these meetings, you can also watch replays of the Commission on Disabilities, Aff ordable Housing Trust Fund Committee, Zoning Board of Appeals, Traffi c Commission and various sub-committees. There was a special meeting last week held by the Department of Planning & Community Development about plans for making Revere more accessible for bicycles and pedestrians. This meeting and all other meetings aired live on RTV GOV, replay there and can also be viewed on YouTube at your convenience.
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