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Superlatives from SCLLN

Read for the win!

Our summer reading programs—for kids, teens & adults—start 6/13.

Sign up! http://lapl.me/5nRf2PW

@LAPublicLibrary  3 Jun 2016

The Summer Reading Challenge starts tomorrow!

PREVIEW of the SRC prizes

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@sdcountylibrary 31 May 2016

Spread the word

CA Public Libraries are serving free lunches to kids this summer.

Find a site here: http://lunchatthelibrary.org/sites/

#summermeals

@CAStateLibrary  7 Jun 2016

Summer Reading has begun.

This years theme is Read for the Win

 Sign up today and Stop Summer Slide!

http://bit.ly/1PlnTih

@vencolibrary 1 Jun 2016

Summer Reading is upon us!

This year registration will be taking place online

with our brand new Summer Reading...

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@UplandLibrary 3 Jun 2106

We're Starting Summer Early...

Who's Ready to Join Us?

The 2016 Summer Reading Challenge

http://goo.gl/hSjqLw

@CityofGlendora 25 May 2016

Summer Reading :: Kate DiCamillo | Lunch @ Library :: CA State Library | Gifts for Grads | Re-Reading

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Newsmaker Kate DiCamillo

on summer reading, her new book, and why libraries are "amazing"

http://bit.ly/1UfCnyW

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@amlibraries  26 May 2016

summermeal Lunch @ the Library champions

@CAStateLibrary's Greg Lucas & Ontario Pub Lib's Mover&Shaker

@CA_SummerMeals 01 Jun 2016

Need summer reading recommendations for kids?

Lisa Fink's blog is chock-full of ReadWriteThink ideas

@rwtnow

@ncte 4 Jun 2016

Summer 2016’s Must-Have Children’s Books

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@BookishHQ 4 Jun 2016 

8 books that would make excellent gifts for grads

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@BookRiot  27 May 2016

Re-Reading Books From Childhood Through Adult Eyes

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@ReadBrightly  27 May 2016

Lunch At The Library : : Summer Meals Program

Lunch at the Library

Lunch at the Library Sites

Lunch at the Library is keeping kids healthy and engaged during the summer months to ensure all kids return to school in the fall ready to learn.

For many children and teens, the stability, nutrition, and education provided by the lunches they receive in the school cafeteria, and the learning opportunities they receive in the classroom, ends when school lets out for summer vacation.

Summer meal programs in public libraries help combat childhood hunger, obesity, and learning loss during the summer months by providing youth with:

•regularly-scheduled, free & healthy meals through USDA Summer Food Service Program

•learning and enrichment programs

•introductions to library services and resources

•teen volunteer opportunities

Through the Lunch at the Library program, the California Library Association and California Summer Meal Coalition provide libraries with the resources and support they need to establish themselves as quality summer meal program sites for their communities.

Library summer meal sites @ SCLLN Member Libraries

•       Camarena Library

•       Chula Vista Public Library

•       Contra Costa County Library

•       Glendale Library

•       Hemet Library

•       Los Angeles Public Library

•       Riverside County Library

•       Riverside Public Library

•       San Bernardino County Library

•       San Bernardino Library

•       San Diego County Library

•       San Diego Public Library

Lunch at the Library Sites

California Summer Meal Coalition Sites

by County

Lunch @ The Library - California Library Association

Lunch @ the Library: Program Information

The California Summer Meal Coalition (CSMC) and California Library Association (CLA) are working with libraries and meal providers across California to offer summer lunch programs that are designed to provide nourishment and summer enrichment for children and teens. All library meal sites provide free summer lunches and engage families with library programs and services. Some libraries are extending the impact of their lunch programs by providing arts, literacy, and STEM programming for participating children and teens.

Library summer meal sites in California

• Alameda County Library/REACH Ashland Youth Center and Hayward Unified School District
• Chula Vista Public Library and the Chula Vista Elementary School District
• Contra Costa County Library and the Pittsburg Unified School District and the West Contra Costa Unified School District
• Fresno County Public Library and the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
• Kern County Library and the Kern County Superintendent of Schools
• Los Angeles Public Library and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
• Oakland Public Library, the City of Oakland and the Alameda County Food Bank
• Riverside Public Library and the Riverside Unified School District
• Sacramento Public Library and the Elk Grove Unified School District
• San Bruno Public Library and the YMCA of Silicon Valley
• San Diego County Library and Feeding America San Diego
• San Diego Public Library and the San Diego Unified School District
• San Francisco Public Library and the City and County of San Francisco's Department of Children, Youth and their Families
• San Luis Obispo County Library and the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County
• San Mateo County Library and the YMCA of Silicon Valley
• South San Francisco Public Library and the YMCA of Silicon Valley
• Tulare County Library and FoodLink for Tulare County, Inc

The need for free summer meals

Summer vacation presents a different reality for many impoverished children in California. In addition to limited access to summer learning and enrichment programs, many low-income children struggle to have basic needs met, with reduced access to healthy food and safe places to congregate. The intersections between summer health and summer learning and enrichment are great, suggesting that a holistic view of the summer landscape is crucial to understanding existing challenges and opportunities to creating a summer experience in which all children are healthy, active, and engaged.

A 2012 report from the National Summer Learning Association highlights the links between food insecurity, childhood obesity, and the achievement gap:⁴

•Food insecurity increases during the summer break without access to the nutrition provided by the National School Lunch Program.

•Children may gain weight two to three times faster during the summer than during the school year.

•Low-income youth may fall further behind in academic skills—particularly reading—during the summer break, experiencing greater “summer learning loss” than their higher-income peers and widening the achievement gap.

•Nutrition education interventions that exclusively target the school environment may be less impactful because weight gain happens primarily outside of school.

•Adequate nutrition promotes brain development and improves cognitive functioning, whereas inadequate nutrition is associated with physical and mental health issues, emotional and behavioral problems, learning deficiencies, lower grades, and repeating a grade.

Children who are well-nourished are likely to have cognitive advantages over children with deficits in this area, and reducing health disparities among lower and higher socioeconomic children can help close the achievement gap.⁵

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Visit the California Department of Education’s searchable online map here for more sites. Summer meal sites will offer free lunch and snacks to youth under age 18 from June 2 through August 8.

Lunch at the Library: Impact & Results - 2013