Congressman McGovern visits western Massachusetts to support summer food program

‘We are going to feed the kids’: McGovern, wary of GOP cuts, highlights summer food program in Greenfield

GREENFIELD – A hot dog on a bun, carton of milk and some fruit – including locally grown peaches – in a brown bag drew more than 100 families, a congressman and a state cabinet secretary to the parking lot of Greenfield High School Friday.

Congressman says meals programs must be defended following federal cuts

State officials joined U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern in kicking off the 11th annual Summer Food Rocks Tour with stops in Greenfield and Orange on Friday, when they met with community members and advocated for continued federal funding for meals programs.

Congressman McGovern visits western Massachusetts to support summer food program

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A state lawmaker is visiting western Massachusetts on Friday. Acquired land in Orange protects Quabbin Reservoir Congressman Jim McGovern will be making stops during the 11th annual Summer Food Rocks Tour in Orange and Greenfield.  He's first visiting Greenfield High School at 11:00 a.m., then heading over to the Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange to promote the summer eats program at 12:15 p.m. A short pre…