Soufyan Djama, 5, enjoys a parachute game at the Bigger Than Ever Summer Success Picnic on Thursday at Deering Oaks in Portland. The picnic was held to raise awareness about the summer meals program and to promote summer learning, reading, and exercise.
Brothers Nikhil, 6, and Amir Ruggierio, 3, of Portland enjoy their lunch at the Bigger Than Ever Summer Success Picnic. The summer meal program offers children under the age of 18 a free lunch at 18 different sites through Portland.
Circus Conservatory of America performer James Depp, 15, of Yarmouth performs an aerial silk routine at the Bigger Than Ever Summer Success Picnic. The picnic was held to raise awareness about the summer meals program, promote summer learning, reading, and exercise.
Emily Loker, 23, dressed as broccoli, and Shannon McCabe, 20, dressed as a carrot, perform a song to encourage children to eat healthy at the Bigger Than Ever Summer Success Picnic.
Circus Conservatory of America performer Erin Gettelman, 17, of Rochester, N.H., performs a trapeze routine at the Bigger Than Ever Summer Success Picnic. The program is anonymous and any child can participate without having to qualify for the program.
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