Traveling markets sell fresh produce

Federal programprovides free summermeals to children

Several regional food programs are available for the community to purchase fresh produce and for children to receive free nutritious meals throughout the summer.

GRAB & GOMEALS IN LANSDALE, HATFIELD

The North Penn School District is participating in the summer meal program. As part of it, a mobile meal van will deliver free, nutritious to four locations Monday through Friday until Aug. 18. The van will be at Hatfield Community Park from 11to 11:30a.m., Oak Park Elementary School from11:45a.m. to 12:15p.m., Knapp Elementary School from 12:30to 1p.m. and York Avenue Elementary School from 1:15to 1:45 p.m. For more information, visit www.npenn.org/summerfeeding or call 215-8531082.

MOBILE MARKET IN CHESCO

A fresh produce truck make weekly stops at several sites in Chester County to provide the community with farm fresh produce. All forms of payment are accepted at the market including cash, credit, debit, Food Stamps and Pennsylvania Farmers Market Nutrition vouchers. The fresh produce truck will be available until Nov. 13. To find out where and when the mobile market makes weekly visits, go to ChesterCounty- FoodBank.org/fresh2you or call 610-873-6000.

TRAVELING MARKET IN SOUDERTON, SHARON HILL & UPPER DARBY

Fresh for All is a traveling farmers market that makes weekly visits to several locations in Philadelphia and New Jersey. The site locations are determined based on need and access to fresh produce. The traveling market is set up at the Grace Bible Church in Souderton on Tuesdays from 1to 2p.m., at the Mount Zion CME Church in Sharon Hill on Wednesdays from 1:30to 2:30p.m. and at the Christ Lutheran Community Church in Upper Darby on Fridays from 9:30 to 10:30a.m.

FREE SUMMER MEALS THROUGHOUT REGION

The Summer Food Service Program is a federally funded program administered in Pennsylvania through the Department of Education. Children 18and younger can visit sites throughout the region to receive free, weekly breakfast and lunch meals. There are summer meal sites in Berks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties. For more information about specific sites and times, visit the searchable map at https:// www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks.

MICHILEA PATTERSON — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Children eat the free lunch they received at Pottstown Memorial Park as part of the federally-funded Summer Food Service Program which is organized locally by the Pottstown Parks and Recreation Department.

MICHILEA PATTERSON — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Children stand in line a to get a free boxed lunch at Pottstown Memorial Park. The free meals are part of the federally funded Summer Food Service Program and is organized in locally by the Pottstown Parks and Recreation Department.

MICHILEA PATTERSON — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Fresh farm-grown radishes are displayed on a mobile food truck in Phoenixville on Wednesday. The Fresh2You Mobile Market makes weekly stops throughout Chester County to provide communities with fresh produce.