Summer meals for youth program offered in area

NEK-CAP, Inc. and the Kansas Food Bank are partnering to provide summer meals for youth (age 1-18) this summer.

This program is offered in the counties of Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Republic, Smith and Washington. With the help of local health departments and hunger advocates, NEK-CAP is able to “fill the gap” and provide missing summer meals to children at risk of going hungry when school is not in session. Shelf-stable, prepackaged meals are provided for free to enrolled youth weekly for a total of 10 weeks through this program.

Applications for 2024 Filling the Gap Program will be taken onl...