{"id":11954,"date":"2022-06-15T15:07:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T15:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/arizona\/?p=11954"},"modified":"2025-04-04T18:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:40:15","slug":"find-free-summer-meals-for-kids-and-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/arizona\/2022\/06\/15\/find-free-summer-meals-for-kids-and-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Free Summer Meals for Kids and Teens!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11954\" class=\"elementor elementor-11954\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3949692a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3949692a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8214e4a\" data-id=\"8214e4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10b5273 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"10b5273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/707976790?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2000150c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2000150c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>All kids deserve a happy, hunger-free summer, but as communities continue to struggle with the effects of the pandemic, more children are at risk of hunger this summer than before.\u00a0 Luckily, free summer meal programs for students will be available across Arizona. No Kid Hungry Arizona encourages families to text FOOD or COMIDA to 304-304 to find free summer food sites organized by school districts and community organizations. You can also find a map of free meal sites at the link below:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a73504d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a73504d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azhealthzone.org\/foodsites\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find Free Meal Sites Near You<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b0d2ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b0d2ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The Summer Meals program is funded by the USDA, administered by the Arizona Department of Education, \u00a0and run by school districts and local organizations. 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