BUFFALO, N.Y. — Free summer meals are now available for students across Western New York.
On Wednesday, Buffalo’s Free Summer Meals program kicked off with the goal of making sure kids eat healthy and stay active in the summer months.
The free meals are available to all children under 18. They just need to show up at a site offering the program. Nutritious breakfasts and lunches will be available through the program.
The start of the program in Buffalo began with an event at one of the summer meal sites, Cazenovia Park Baseball Diamonds on Warren Spahn Way.
Feeding America estimates that one in five children in New York face hunger daily.
To find Summer Meals programs in your community, text “Summer Meals” to 97779, call 1-866-348-6479 or visit the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Services site for an interactive map of free summer meal locations.