1. SUMMERTIME FREE LUNCH @ YOUR LIBRARY
Yes, You Can!
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) ensures that low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session.

2. You Want Me To Do What?
Summer is already a busy time for librarians serving youth
Summer Reading is all encompassing and I can’t add one more thing to my plate
Administering another program that requires an hour a day plus paperwork just does not fit into my summer schedule.

3. BUT …… You Know You Want To
Your library is filled with kids all day
Some of these kids go the entire day without anything to eat
The free/reduced lunch they received at school is unavailable in the summer
These are the kids that are constantly hitting you up for money for the vending machine
Would you rather serve them a balanced lunch or give away all of your quarters?

4. If You Feed Them . . .
They Will Come !!

5. It’s All About Partnership
The facility that serves the lunch is called a site
The facility that actually makes all of the lunches is called your sponsor
Your sponsor
Makes the lunches
Delivers the lunches
Picks-up any left over lunches
Completes all of the paperwork and sends it to the State
My sponsor supplies a volunteer to serve the lunches and complete the daily stats

6. About the Sponsor
Your sponsoring agency can be a school district, local government agency, camp, or local nonprofit organization
The administrator at the sponsoring organization will meet with you and familiarize you with the in’s and out’s of how the program works
My sponsor is the Willingboro Department of Community Affairs

7. What Exactly Is Involved?
You will need a place where you can seat a group of people
You will need to put up a poster in the lunch area. The poster is provided by the Federal Government and designates your library as a lunch site
You will need a box of baking soda and a thermometer in your refrigerator
You will need to post proper food handling procedures posters on your refrigerator

8. What Else Is Involved?
Set up your lunch area with the milk, juice, and bags of lunch
Ensure that each child gets a complete meal – this is a requirement of the program
Everyone must eat as a group and in the same area – no food can leave the lunch area
Complete the statistics sheet for the day with number of lunches received, served, and left over
At the end of the week, transfer the statistics from the daily sheets to the weekly sheet (provided) and return them to your sponsor

10. Official Government Information
Fact Sheet from the Federal Department of Agriculture
New Jersey Department of Agriculture Summer Meals Website

11. Reva Foster Executive Director Willingboro Township Department of Community Affairs (1124)