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Summertime can mean hunger for children whose families depend upon free or subsidized school meals
QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (June 10, 2019) โย Penn Community Bank,ย the regionโs leading independent, mutual financial institution, is proud to join St. Lukeโs University Health Network in sponsoring a free summer meals program for underprivileged children, aged 18 and younger, living in the Quakertown area.
More than half of the children enrolled at Quakertown Elementary School โ 157 of 287 students in 2017 – 2018 โ qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, according to a report from the Quakertown Community School District. During the summer, those children are at higher risk to miss a meal because they no longer have access to the food available at school. St. Lukeโs Summer Meals Program is designed to help meet that need.