Free Healthy Meals for your Community Programs.
Give us a call if you are opening up 'Kids Programming' and a healthy, tasty meal would help you out! We bring meals, free of charge, to your site year-round.
More than 22,000 meals are served year round, free of charge to those who participate at EVO and through off-site programs. Research indicates that 85% of children go hungry in the summer months and weekends when they are not in school. EVO fills the gap in this critical area. Serving healthy meals offers the opportunity to help stamp out childhood hunger as the physical needs of children and youth are met.
EVO serves 10 - 12 feeding sites throughout each summer while using the ELM Initiative to help with employment and food preparation.
More that 400 home-made tasty USDA meals are prepared daily and sent out to different food sites in the East End of Pittsburgh.
EVO is the second largest non-governmental summer food provider in Allegheny County. There are only 5 non-governmental sponsors in the county with more than 2 sites.
The food that EVO serves to the sites located in the above areas is freshly cooked on a daily basis with fresh fruits and vegetables.
During the summer of 2018, there was average of 22,000 meals served.
HEALTHY MEAL PROGRAM EXPANSION
EVO has begun to serve 'hot meals' to After-School Programs free of charge throughout the school year. These meals guarantee that all children will have 3 healthy meals daily, ensuring that the children are not going home hungry at the end of the day.
If you are an After-School Program that would be interested in receiving a free, hot, home-made meal for your children, please reach out. earthenvessels98@gmail.com
USDA Non Discrimination Statement:
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; orfax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; oremail:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.