EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café

Philadelphia's EAT Café was a nonprofit, pay-what-you-can café that nourished and united the community through April 2019.

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

USDA releases school breakfast and lunch reimbursement rates for 2019-2020. https://t.co/3sSmnMhhQV

[Philadelphia Public Health @PHLPublicHealth]

Does your neighborhood have the resources it needs to be the healthiest in the city? We checked, and here are the results: https://t.co/us8i9Hsv9t

[Food Research & Action Center @fractweets]

📺 WATCH: Schools across the U.S. have made recent headlines for engaging in "lunch shaming" when students aren't able to pay for #SchoolMeals.

Our expert Crystal FitzSimons talks #SchoolLunch shaming, school meals debt, and more for @NewsHour: https://t.co/MnEkgbWyLJ #PBSNews

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

Low-income children miss out on more than meals when the Summer Nutrition Programs are not available. Sites serve meals alongside enrichment programming, which help combat summertime food insecurity, weight gain, and learning loss. https://t.co/GdxsWGgnbO via @fractweets

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

The @USDA is allowing the 100,000 school cafeterias to relax nutritional standards for school lunches. Now allowed: refined grains, additional sodium and sugary, flavored milks. @Act4HlthyKids is concerned. https://t.co/gEC37kOIbO

[ActionforHealthyKids @Act4HlthyKids]

"[These] programs have the potential to reduce obesity overall, narrow these stubborn disparities, and help ensure that a child’s opportunity to grow up #healthy is not limited by where she lives, how much money her family makes, or the color of her skin." https://t.co/RN4GPaA5B1

[ActionforHealthyKids @Act4HlthyKids]

We're happy to see bills like this one, emphasizing #childnutrition and #healthyschoolmeals as an important part of helping students succeed, introduced by Congress. https://t.co/RmLheMWjrQ

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

Ballooning lunch debt is a problem for families and schools across the country. https://t.co/dtQfgAUx6h

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

"I know what it means to be hungry. I know what it means to feel shame for not being able to afford food." Philly-based @LaColombeCoffee CEO offered Wyoming Valley West School District $22k to wipe out lunch debt, was denied. #schoollunch #philly https://t.co/bY7FaN8SgN

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

Wyoming Valley West School District is prepared to take legal against parents who don't to pay lunch debt. Letters warned their children could end up in foster care if they don’t pay money owed to the district. #schoollunch #nokidhungry @nokidhungry https://t.co/6ubZ71fnwp

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

Check out the great resource from the Food Research and Action Center (@fractweets) on how to address unpaid school meal fees to assure school cafeterias are positive and supportive environments
for all students. #schoollunch https://t.co/khTzaLOzmF

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

"Low participation is likely the result of a confluence of factors, including a lack of accessible meal distribution locations, inadequate information about free meals, and transportation barriers." #summermeals @newfoodeconomy https://t.co/fhYMVx57Rx

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

"A barrier to participation in summer meals is always program awareness.” NYC tried new initiatives to increase participation: branded envelopes for EOY report cards, fliers to take home and door-to-door volunteers to raise awareness. @NYCFoodPolicy https://t.co/4bgtfJTsSN

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

Our summer meals program was featured by @FOX29philly in a news story by @JoyceEvansFox29 highlighting meal sites in unique locations. #summermeals #drexel @SummerMealsNDS @nokidhungry #phillykids #philly @drexelpubhealth https://t.co/jFn5RfV1s2

[Coalition Against Hunger @GPCAHunger]

☀️ No child should go hungry in the summer when school meals aren’t an option. That’s why this summer children up to 18 years old can eat free and healthy meals at locations right in your neighborhood! Find a site near you ➡️ https://t.co/ZSqk477pSO #SummerMealsPHL #EndHunger

[Food Research & Action Center @fractweets]

😎 From the Summer Meals Act of 2019 to the Stop Child Summer Hunger Act, we're beyond excited to see that the Hill is abuzz with bills that would strengthen, protect, and expand access to the Summer Nutrition Programs: https://t.co/Bwq9f3BVgX

[Coalition Against Hunger @GPCAHunger]

Happy National Summer Meals Week! In case you haven't noticed, we're super excited about all the good this program does to keep kids eating healthy and nutritious meals in the summer! visit https://t.co/ZSqk477pSO for more information. #summermealsphl #endhunger

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

Join us at #summermeals today and tomorrow 11am-1pm to learn all about proper dental hygiene and take home toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss courtesy of @PennDentalMed. #dentalhealth #nokidhungry @nokidhungry @SummerMealsNDS

[EAT (Everyone At the Table) Café @theEATcafe]

The EAT Cafe is an official #summermeals site. Visit us 11am to 1pm Monday to Thursday until Aug. 22. #phillyfood #freelunchforkids

[USDA Food and Nutrition @USDA_FNA]

Does your child receive free or reduced price meals during school? Are you worried about filling that meal gap when school is out this summer? Use our locator to find a #SummerMeals site near you offering free, nutritious meals to children 0-18. https://t.co/OkapSMF4aC

[USDA Food and Nutrition @USDA_FNA]

We are proud of the 118 #SummerMeals sponsors who received our “Turnip the Beet” award. Winners were judged on their excellence in serving a variety of fruits & veggies, whole grains & low-fat or fat-free dairy products, & culturally-appropriate meals.
https://t.co/qRoVwCQ9MZ