Enrichment Activities

Add some additional fun to your summer and afterschool meals sites by offering enrichment activities! Examples include providing nutrition education, physical activity opportunities, arts and crafts, and reading. See below for some fun, simple, and low-cost ideas.



Fun Olympic-Themed Enrichment Activities

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    Fruits and Vegetables

    Doing fun activities around fruits and vegetables can help get kids excited to eat them. Consider doing fun activities around the fruits and vegetables served in the meals and/or doing a taste test featuring the items being promoted.

    Summer Fruit and Vegetable Holidays

    Promote fruits and vegetables year-round, but consider having special themed activities for national fruit and vegetable holidays at your summer meals sites! Use this Seasonal Produce Guide!

    • June: National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
    • June 11: National Corn on the Cob Day
    • June 17: National Eat Your Vegetables Day
    • July: National Blueberry Month
    • July: National Watermelon Month
    • August: National Peach Month
    • August 3: National Watermelon Day

    Fruit and Vegetable Resources


    Farm to Summer

    Farm to Summer helps connect local foods with summer meals programs through activities such as serving local foods as part of meals or taste tests, education, and gardening.


    Ray, the official NC Summer Meals Mascot

    Ray loves visiting meal sites and doing enrichment activities with kids! See below for Ray-themed activities.

    Ray Activity Ideas


    Nutrition Education from the Carolina Hunger Initiative

    The Carolina Hunger Initiative site hosts tons of nutrition education materials for kids and teens, including: activity handouts you can print and bring to sites; simple, healthy recipes you can teach to kids; online games; and more.