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UMass food truck to serve summer meals to kids

The university aims to serve an average of 560 kids per day with its Baby Berk truck.

FSD Staff

June 19, 2018

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The Baby Berk food truck at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst will begin serving kids summer meals this month, Mass Live reports.

Kids 18 and under will be able to receive the free meals every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from June 25 until Aug. 10. The university is working with the USDA and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to fund, develop, regulate and monitor the program.

The university will receive a small reimbursement for each meal to help fund the project, and aims to serve an average of 560 kids per day from the truck.

Read the full story via masslive.com.

Photo courtesy of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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