*Apologies for duplication* Dear California library community, Would you like funding to help you connect children and teens with meals this summer? The State Library is delighted to announce that the State of California has provided $800,000 to support Lunch at the Library this summer. You can be part of Lunch at the Library if you: * Take learning and enrichment materials, resources, and programs ("pop-up libraries") out to community meal sites * Serve summer meals to children and teens at your library If you would like to receive funds to support your work this summer, please complete this interest form<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SummerMealProgramFunding2021> by Thursday, May 27. For additional information, please contact Trish Garone at: garone@plpinfo.org<mailto:garone@plpinfo.org> If you are part of the Lunch at the Library community and have already submitted a request for support: * increased funding is now available * project staff will reach out to you the week of May 24 * no need to resubmit the survey The State Library is partnering with the Pacific Library Partnership to manage the Lunch at the Library program in summer 2021. Funds can be distributed to libraries as mini-grants or on a reimbursement basis. Thank you, Natalie Natalie Cole, Ph.D. (she/her) | Bureau Chief California State Library | Library Development Services Library & Courts Building II | 900 N Street | Sacramento, CA 95814 natalie.cole@library.ca.gov | (916) 701-6694