Land O’ Lakes, Florida – (June 10, 2015) – Pasco County Schools is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), and local agencies for the 2015 Summer BreakSpot summer meal program.
Authorized and funded by Congress and administered in Florida by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Food, Nutrition and Wellness, the Summer Food Service program was established to ensure that low-income children receive nutritious meals when school is not in session. The program provides meals and snacks at no charge to all children, ages 18 and under, when school is out for the summer. To implement the program, FDACS contracts annually with school districts and local agencies that sponsor the preparation, delivery, and serving of meals and snacks to children at no charge at approved feeding sites in low-income areas. 
Last year, the district served 205,343 meals to children at its 70 sites, including five retrofitted school buses that are used as mobile feeding sites. Knowing that not all of the children are able to make it to a summer feeding site, 10,263 meals were delivered to Pasco County children. The fleet has been expanded this year, with one additional mobile unit to reach more children.
To learn more Florida’s Summer BreakSpot sites across the state and to find a location near you, go to www.summerfoodflorida.org, dial 2-1-1, text “FoodFL” or 877-877, or download the mobile app “Nutrislice” on iOS and Android phones.
