Mayor Will Flanagan helped Community Development Re-creation (CD-REC) kick-off the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) at Lafayette Park on July 6, 2010. The Program, administered nationally by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Department of Education, was established to ensure that children in needy areas could continue to receive nutritious meals during the summer months that are comparable to those served under the National School Lunch Program. Free lunch is available to children 18 years of age and younger, Monday through Friday, from Monday, July 6th through September 3rd at North, Griffin, Lafayette, Ruggles Parks as well as Father Diaferio Village will serve lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.. Abbott Court, Kennedy, Maplewood, and Pulaski Parks will serve lunch from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Park activities will also be provided from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. The program has been in place for the past 14 years. Click here to see photos from two years ago. For more information about the programs, contact CD-REC at 508-679-0922.
 

(Top row, left) CD-REC summer employees Vannara Chim, Jordan Charette, Kaitlyn Powers and Sara Lapointe will be staffing the program. (Top row, center and right) Mayor Flanagan hands out the first lunch to the dozens of children who lined up. (Middle row, left) Savon Jackson and Deven Valasquez, both 10, enjoy eating their lunch in the shade on the hot afternoon. (Middle row, right) Savon runs from staff member Jason Springer who organized a game of Red Robin after lunch as part of the daily activity program. (Middle row, right) Sumaijea Uddin joins Autumn Fournier for lunch with Autumn's mother, Paula Chaplik, who brought her own lunch to join them. (Bottom row, left and center) Belinda Texeira operates the camera for Fall River Cable Television as CD-REC Program Director Jamison Souza directs Jose Burgos, Gehovany Bonilla, Daniel Burgos, Nadine Fortes, Jasmine Garrick and Mayor Flanagan in a 30-second spot ad that will run on the television channel informing the community about the program. (Bottom row, right) Five-year-old Micky Sary and his four-year-old friend, Jaden Huot, head to the water at the State Department of Parks and Recreation swimming pool at Lafayette Park after the lunch program.