SUMMER PROGRAM PROVIDES 2200 MEALS

East Missouri Action Agency, with funding from the Missouri Department of Health, served more than 2,200 meals during the first two weeks of its summer food program.

The program provides lunch to Cape Girardeau children from age birth to 18 years. Meals are served at Jefferson Elementary School, Capaha Park, Cape Civic Center, Salvation Army and Washington Park.

Summer Youth Program Supervisor Nikki Murphy said, "The best part of the program is seeing the parents bringing their blankets down to the park and spreading them out and being with their children when they have lunch. It has become a family activity."

Kevin Sexton, EMAA program coordinator, said, "The unique thing about this effort is that it is not a program done by one agency.