The Summer Food Service Program (Summer Meals) is a federal child nutrition program that provides funding for meals and snacks served to children age 18 and younger during the summer.
Volunteer Responsibilities
- Assist in set up and break down of program area
- Distributing lunches to children
- Keeping accurate records of lunches served
- Supervise children and their families during meal time
Program Notes
BPL will conduct an investigative background check on volunteers 18 years of age and older, which may be used when considering a prospective volunteer's application.
Participating Libraries
This volunteer opportunity requires a commitment for 2 hours (12:30pm – 2:30pm) for designated service blocks.
2019 program session locations:
- Arlington Library, 203 Arlington Avenue, 11207
- Bay Ridge Library, 7223 Ridge Blvd, 11209
- Bedford Library, Franklin Avenue, 11238
- Borough Park Library, 43rd Street, 11219
- Brighton Beach Library, 16 Brighton Road, 11235
- Bushwick Library, 340 Bushwick Avenue, 11206
- Canarsie Library, 1580 Rockaway Parkway, 11236
- Cortelyou Library, 1305 Cortelyou Road, 11226
- Crown Heights Library, 560 New York Avenue, 11225
- DeKalb Library, 790 Bushwick Avenue, 11221
- Dyker Library, 8202 13th Avenue
- Eastern Parkway, 1044 Eastern Parkway, 11213
- Flatbush Library, 22 Linden Blvd, 11226
- Gerritsen Beach Library, 28208 Gerritsen Avenue, 11229
- Jamaica Bay Library, 9727 Seaview Avenue, 11236
- Highlawn Library (*), 1164 West 13th Street, 11223
- Kensington Library, 4207 18th Avenue, 11218
- Macon Library, 361 Lewis Avenue, 11233
- Midwood Library, 975 East 16th Street, 11230
- Mill Basin Library, 2385 Ralph Avenue, 11234
- New Lots Library, 665 New Lots Avenue, 11207
- New Utrecht Library, 1743 86th Street, 11214
- Paerdegat Library, 850 East 59th Street, 11234
- Red Hook Library, 7 Wolcott Street, 11231
- Saratoga Library, 8 Thomas S. Boyland Street, 11233
- Stone Avenue Library, 581 Mother Gaston Boulevard, 11212
- Washington Irving Library, 360 Irving Avenue, 11237
- Williamsburgh Library, 240 Division Avenue, 11211
*Friday service at Highlawn library is 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Service Blocks:
Block 1: June 27th & June 28th
Block 2: July 1st - July 3rd & July 5th
Block 3: August 19th - August 23rd
Block 4: August 26th - August 30th
There will be no service on days that the library is not scheduled to be open.