Wilkinsburg Youth Food Program Receives Grant

The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation awarded a$3,000 grant to the Wilkinsburg Community Ministry and the Wilkinsburg Boys and Girls Club to support a Youth Meal Partnership program for the summer of 2011.

This support allowed program to provide hot meals for approximately 60 youth aged five to 13 who are enrolled in the Wilkinsburg Boys and Girls Club summer program. Meals included both breakfast and hot lunches.

The Boys and Girls Club of Wilkinsburg programs provide educational and positive youth development opportunities. The meals WCM provide to the youth in these programs are fundamental to their health and enable the program to focus on educational and physical activities for the youth.

The support of community partners like the Wilkinsburg Community DevelopmentCorporation, made this year’s partnership possible, according to a news release

The WCM Youth Meal Partnership program has doubled in size over the last two years. WCM Executive Director Ann Greider states, “Without the support of the Wilkinsburg CDC,we would not have been able to provide the youth enrolled in the summer Wilkinsburg Boys and Girls Club healthy meals that growing girls and boys need”.

Visit www.wcm15221.org for further information if your youth program is interested in joining the Youth Meal Partnership program.