What is Summer Meal Partners?

Summer Meal Partners (SMP) of Northwest Ohio is dedicated to making sure every child is offered nutritious meals at no cost each summer.
SMP is a collaboration of community organizations that have joined together to form community wide partnerships designed to create enrichment opportunities at meal sites in order to

  • Increase attendance

  • Prevent learning loss

  • Educate children about nutrition basics

  • Encourage children to return each day

  • Ensure greater supervision and safety for the children

  • Engage Children in fun activities

SMP works to develop innovative approaches to eliminate barriers for children, implement community-wide solutions to hunger, and obtain key data to drive decision making.

For more information about Summer Meal Partners, please contact Suzanne Saggese by email at saggese.1@osu.edu
or phone at 419-574-0985