Summer break begins this week for most students in the D.C. area. The closure leaves a looming mealtime gap for hundreds of children that could cause them to go hungry.
That’s why the Capital Area Food Bank’s summer meal program is already underway, said Alexis Lahr, the organization’s director of Family Government Nutrition Programs.
“We know summer is a particularly difficult time for kids because they lose access to those school meals,” she said…