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With the Federal Summer Food Program drawing to a close, the Kansas Food Bank and the City of Wichita are stepping forward to ensure that children living in two of the City’s most economically challenged areas do not go hungry. The Federal program officially ends July 30th and school begins August 16th. That leaves two weeks when children who depend on the summer feeding program have to find other alternatives.

In 2009, the Kansas Food Bank was able to assist at Atwater Neighborhood City Hall with box lunches for children during the two week lag. “This year we are pleased to be able to add a second site reaching more children who are at risk of going hungry during this time frame” stated Brian Walker, President and CEO, of the Kansas Food Bank.

The Kansas Food Bank is supplying sack lunches at Atwater and Colvin Neighborhood City Halls starting August 2nd. Once school resumes, children will have access to free and/or reduced cost lunches at school. Both Atwater and Colvin were among the 40 sites that participated in the Federal Summer Food Program this summer. Sack lunches will be available at both locations between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to children ages 18 and under.

USD 259 and the City of Wichita along with area community partners have been instrumental in expanding the Federal Summer Food Program this year. Through their hard work and dedication as many as 3000 kids a day were receiving lunch throughout the summer.

This fall OREO will be asking their 5 million Facebook Fans to upload a Back to School photo and/or a written Back to School memory on the OREO Facebook page (Facebook.com/oreo). For each submission, OREO will donate $1 to the Feeding America BackPack Program, up to $25,000. Oreo is a Kraft/Nabisco brand. 

Program runs from August 1st until September 5th, 2010.