How Local Food Policy Councils Can Strengthen Summer Meal Programs

This case study highlights how a Local Food Policy Council helped to expand access to summer meals for children in South Carolina’s Lakelands region. Led by United Way of the Lakelands, the Greenwood Counts Community Consortium (GC3) Food and Hunger Alliance, Greenwood’s Local Food Policy Council, partnered with Greenwood School District 50 to reach more rural families during the summer months. The example shows how Summer Meal Sponsors across the country can work with Local Food Policy Councils to strengthen and expand their own summer meal programs.