Menu Planning and Meal Patterns
Locate a Summer Meal Site
Summer Meals Locator
1-866-348-6479
or text "Summer Meals" to 97779
Summer meal programs help children get the nutrition they need to learn, play, and grow throughout the summer months. Discover the components of the nutritious, well-balanced, and age-appropriate meals served.
Food Safety
- Share Table Reference Sheet
- Tips for Minimizing the Spread of Illness in Child Nutrition Programs
- Printable Food and Safety Guidance Flyer–English | Arabic | Chinese | Khmer | Korean | Marshallese | Punjabi | Russian | Somalian | Spanish | Ukranian | Vietnamese
Meal Pattern
Menu Planning
- SFSP Menu Planner Template
- SFSP Sample Menus
- Minimum Food Specifications
- USDA Food Buying Calculator
- USDA Food Buying Guide
- USDA Summer Meals Handbooks
- Child Nutrition Recipe Box
- MyPlate Kitchen Recipes