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My question involves kids with special dietary needs. I am a mother of two girls with a metabolic disorder (Classic Galactosemia) which is managed through their diet. This means that we must eliminate all food containing milk products, and milk sugar. All foods must be "managed" down the line i.e.: labels need to be read to ensure that products do not contain lactose, whey, casein, etc. We are lucky that we can afford summer programs for our childen and ensure that their diet is maintained appropriately, but what about the kids that have to rely on the summer lunch program and do have specific dietary needs? I am sure that there are plenty of families which cannot afford camp, etc. and their kids may have a metabolic disorder, or other reason for needing special diet. Is there a program to ensure that these children get the foods they can have?

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