Full Plates announces 2019 Summer Grant to Milo

Full Plates Full Potential, Maine’s only statewide child hunger organization is proud to announce the Piscataquis County 2019 16 County Summer Grant Competition winner. The town of Milo will receive a $500 Summer Meals Program Grant to support the 2020 summer program. Full Plates’ 16 County Summer Grant Competition was launched to highlight the critical work summer food programs do reaching the over 80,000 children who rely on school meals for basic nutrition.

“We are so proud of the town of Milo summer meals program. This summer they served 3,306 meals which is an increase of 2,488 meals, or 304%, over 2018” said Anna Korsen, Full Plates Full Potential’s program director. “Summer is an extremely challenging time for children affected by hunger. Our 16 County Grant Program aims to showcase and reward the best of summer programs across our state.”

“We took the stigma out of ‘free lunch’ and made summer meals a fun and entertaining event for friends and family,” said the late Damien Pickel — who was town manager/police chief of Milo.

Maine has 122 Summer Food Service Programs with 467 meal sites across the state.  This summer, 727,612 meals were served statewide.

Full Plates Full Potential is on a mission to end child hunger in Maine by partnering with nonprofit advocates, local businesses and restaurants, advocating for policy changes at the state level, granting funds and providing technical assistance to schools and hosting year-around events and fundraisers. Learn more at fullplates.org.