Summer Food Program feeds children for free
With summer now in full bloom, it’s time to think about keeping children healthy while school is out.
The Greene County Summer Food Task Force will provide free meals to children during the summer in partnership with the food service programs at Central Greene School District Food Service Program and Carmichaels Area School District and various community programs and organizations.
This summer free meals for children ages 18 and younger will be provided at 16 locations around the county beginning June 17.
There are no income requirements or registration. Any child under age 18 may come to eat for free. While some locations may be operated along with a program, children do not need to be registered for the program that may be offered at any summer food site in order to eat lunch. Just show up, give your name and eat.
Special thanks to Alpha Natural Resources and EQT Corporation for their financial support of the Greene County Summer Food Program.
Alpha Natural Resources provided a grant to provide meals at Mountain View Gardens and Grandview Apartments (Valley Farm Drive) through Central Greene School District.
EQT Corporation provided a grant to WWJD that will cover the cost of fuel to use their van as a mobile Summer Food van delivering food to the Jefferson and Mather sites.
This summer, meals will be served at the following locations, days and times. (Please note that no meals will be served on July 4.)
n Carmichaels: Flenniken Library, 102 E. George Street, June 17 – July 26, Monday-Friday, lunch at 11:45-12:45 p.m.; Wana B Park, 355 Ceylon Road, June 17 – July 25, Monday-Friday, lunch at 12 p.m. (site operated by Greene County Parks and Recreation)
n Greensboro: Mon View Park, 377 Stoney Hill Road, June 17-July 25, Monday-Friday, lunch at 12 p.m. (site operated by Greene County Parks and Recreation)
n Jefferson: Reeseman’s Mobile Home Park, 990 Jefferson Road, June 17 – Aug. 16, Monday-Friday, lunch at 11:15 a.m.; St. Marcellus Church, 1340 Jefferson Road, June 17 – Aug. 16, Monday-Friday, lunch at 11:45 a.m. (site operated by Catholic Charities)
n Mather: Mather Park Pavilion, June 17 – Aug. 16, Monday-Friday, lunch at 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (site operated by WWJD)
n Mt. Morris: Mt. Morris Senior Center, Main Street, June 17 – Aug. 16, Monday-Wednesday-Friday, lunch at 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. (site operated by Mt. Morris Senior Center)
n Nemacolin: Nemacolin VFD, Roosevelt Boulevard, June 17 – July 26, Monday-Friday, lunch at 11:30-12:30.
n Waynesburg: Bowlby Library, 311 North West Street, July 9 – Aug. 12, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, lunch at 11:40 a.m.; Central Park Playground, between Greene Street and High Street, June 17 – July 26, Monday-Friday, lunch at 12 p.m. (site operated by Waynesburg Borough); Grandview Apartments (off Valley Farm Drive), June 17 – July 26, Monday-Friday, lunch at 12-12:30 p.m.; Lions Club Park, 200 E. Roy Furman Highway, June 17 – July 25, Monday-Friday, lunch at 12 p.m. (site operated by Greene County Parks and Recreation); Mountain View Gardens, 300 Mountainview Drive (off Porter Street), June 17 – Aug. 16, Monday-Friday, lunch at 11:15-11:45 a.m.; Waynesburg Central Elementary School, 90 Zimmerman Drive, June 17 – Aug. 16, Monday-Friday, lunch at 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; WWJD, 313 Jennings Avenue, June 17 – July 26, Monday-Friday, lunch at 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
n Wind Ridge: Ryerson Station State Park, 361 Bristoria Road, June 17 – July 25, Monday-Friday, lunch at 12 p.m. (site operated by Greene County Parks and Recreation)
Each year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture partners with local organizations to provide free meals to children when school is out for the summer. For more information about the national Summer Food Service Program, visit http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/summer.
For more information about the sites and meal times, call 2-1-1, or Amber Book, Regional Summer Food Program Coordinator, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank at 412-460-3663, ext. 286.