During the summer, it is difficult for many children in New Haven to get to sites that offer free and reduced-priced meals, so a food truck will be coming to them.
United Way of Greater New Haven and the New Haven Public Schools district collaborated to offer the New Haven Summer Food Truck, the first food truck in the state to deliver meals to children in underserved neighborhoods.
“Only about 25 percent of children who are eligible for free and reduced-priced meals from school actually get those meals during summer because it’s hard for them to get to locations where the meal is provided,” Jennifer Heath, of United Way, said. “We are going to bring the food to them.”
The truck will park at three schools” Betsy Ross Arts School, Helene Grant Headstart, and MicroSociety School and stay there for 45 minutes, so children can enjoy the meal onsite. A typical meal on the summer food truck will include a sandwich, milk and a piece of fruit and 1,000 meals will be loaded onto the truck to be delivered five days a week.
The United Way hopes to eliminate childhood hunger in the state by 2015.
