[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 578 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 578

   Designating June 2010 as ``Summer Food Service Program Awareness 
                                Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 30, 2010

Mr. Brown of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Chambliss, 
Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Baucus, and 
Mr. Casey) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Designating June 2010 as ``Summer Food Service Program Awareness 
                                Month''.

Whereas the Summer Food Service Program provides healthy, nutritious meals to an 
        average 2,900,000 children each weekday during the summer;
Whereas there are 34,700 feeding sites in low-income neighborhoods located at 
        churches, schools, parks, recreation centers, and summer camps in all 50 
        States;
Whereas thousands volunteer at summer feeding sites;
Whereas summer feeding programs play an important role in providing safe places 
        for children and teenagers to engage in physical activity and provide 
        educational opportunities to spur learning during the summer months;
Whereas data from the Department of Agriculture has shown rates of hunger and 
        food insecurity among school-age children increase during the summer 
        months;
Whereas of the 19,500,000 children receiving free or reduced priced meals 
        through the National School Lunch Program, only 1 in 9 receive meals at 
        a summer feeding site on an average day;
Whereas there are only 34 summer food sites for every 100 school lunch programs; 
        and
Whereas many low-income, food insecure children in rural areas lack access to 
        summer feeding locations: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates June 2010 as ``Summer Food Service Program 
        Awareness Month'';
            (2) encourages schools, nonprofit institutions, churches, 
        parks, recreation centers, and summer camps to sponsor summer 
        feeding sites in their communities; and
            (3) encourages schools, local businesses, nonprofit 
        institutions, churches, cities, and State governments to raise 
        awareness of the availability of summer feeding sites and 
        support efforts to increase participation of children who might 
        otherwise go without meals if not for the Summer Food Service 
        Program.
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