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title: Horizon Education Centers Gives Back to the Community
description: Horizon Education Centers has partnered with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank to hold weekly food pantries around the Cleveland area.
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# [Horizon Education Centers Gives Back to the Community](https://www.horizoneducationcenters.org/blog/horizon-education-centers-gives-back-to-the-community)

 Written by [Dave Smith](https://www.horizoneducationcenters.org/blog/author/dave-smith) | Wed, Jun 24, 2020 @ 10:30 PM

At Horizon Education Centers, we care about the communities we serve throughout the Greater Cleveland area — and to put that caring into action, we’ve partnered with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank to help them hold a weekly mobile food pantry.

Locations and dates are as follows:

- Market Square: July 2
- Triskett Station: July 16
- Old Brooklyn: July 23
- Market Square: August 6
- Triskett Station: August 20
- Old Brooklyn: August 27
- Market Square: September 3
- Triskett Station: September 17
- Old Brooklyn: September 24

The Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s [mobile pantries](https://www.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org/programs/mobile-pantries) deliver food to central locations, such as the ones listed above for this summer. Clients can pick up food, just as they would at a food pantry located in a building, and these mobile trucks typically contain 90% fruits and vegetables to provide clients with the healthiest and most nutritious foods. The other 10% could be bread, yogurt or other donated items. Each truck can transport more than 10,000 pounds of food.

### Summer Feed Program

This [Ohio Department of Education program](http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Student-Supports/Food-and-Nutrition/Summer-Food-Service-Program) provides free nutritious meals to children ages 18 and under during the summer months when they don’t have access to healthy breakfasts and lunches at school. If someone has a disability and is receiving approved individualized education, they may qualify for the program through the age of 21. You can find information about locations in this [clickable map](http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Student-Supports/Food-and-Nutrition/Summer-Food-Service-Program). You can also call this number: 1-866-3-HUNGRY (486479) for more information. 

### Benefits of Nutritious Summer Meals

These two programs and [others like them](http://bestpractices.nokidhungry.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/Summer%20Nutrition%20Program%20Social%20Impact%20Analysis_1in7.pdf) provide children with increased food security, a sense of confidence that they’ll know where their meals will come from when school is out. According to [NoKidHungry.org](http://bestpractices.nokidhungry.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/Summer%20Nutrition%20Program%20Social%20Impact%20Analysis_1in7.pdf), in the short term, these types of programs “can help mitigate summer weight gain, cognitive decline, and summer learning loss for children from low-income families. In the longer-term, the lasting effects may help increase high school graduation rates and reduce susceptibility to chronic diseases.”

At Horizon Education Centers, we are honored to play a role in supporting the Greater Cleveland Food Bank to help children and their families in such meaningful ways.

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