For the sixth year in a row, the Summer Food Service Program of Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will serve more than one million meals to Philadelphia area children. Each summer, the Summer Food Service Program provides nutritious meals and lessons about healthy eating to thousands of children. The one millionth meal will be served at Emmanuel Summer School in West Philadelphia.

Tuesday, July 29, 2003
11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Emmanuel Summer School
48th and Spruce Streets
West Philadelphia

Emmanuel Summer School is one of approximately 500 sites throughout the Philadelphia area served by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Summer Food Service Program. Sites include other camps, bible schools and enrichment programs. The children are from ages two to 18. They receive either breakfast and a snack or breakfast and lunch. The free meals consist of sandwiches, milk and fresh fruit. The Summer Food Service Program also teaches children about nutrition and fitness. This summer the program began on June 16, 2003 and will run until August 29, 2003.

The Summer Food Service Program serves children of all denominations; approximately 90% of whom are non-Catholic. This program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and is sponsored in the Philadelphia area by Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Department of Recreation and the Philadelphia Housing Authority.

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