NDS Summer Meals

NDS partnered with sites in the five-county Philadelphia region to serve more than 1 million breakfasts, lunches, and snacks to children this summer!
Check out the latest Summer Splash to find out more.


Planning for Wellness
Make School Wellness a priority this year! Get the entire school community involved and make healthy eating and physical activity part of the year from the very beginning.

Check out the Wellness Policy page of our website for ideas and tips to get started.





As an extension of the service and mission of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia,
Nutritional Development Services provides meals, food assistance, and additional support to organizations that serve children or the poor.



NDS is able to accomplish its mission through two separate programs:

  • Child Nutrition Program
           Includes federally-funded Programs that provide free, reduced, or reasonably priced meals to children at schools, child care centers, after-school programs, summer camps,
           and other agencies.

  • Community Food Program
           A charitably-funded program that includes food drives and other anti-hunger community service activities.


  • NDS serves children, families, agencies, and churches regardless of their religious affiliation.


    "Feed my lambs...  Feed my sheep"
    John 21:15-17






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