LISD to continue free Summer Food Service Program
Written by admin, May 24, 2011, 0 Comments
Courtesy Roberto Treviño,
School will be out soon for the summer and that means thousands of Laredo children will be looking for places they can meet their friends, have fun, and eat healthy snacks and meals.
Once again the Laredo Independent School District will continue to sponsor the free Summer Food Service Program, announced Jesus Cisneros, LISD Child Nutrition Director. Laredo ISD Summer Food Service Program, in conjunction with the City of Laredo and community agencies, will provide free meal service to all children 18 and younger starting June 6, through July 29, with the exception of July 4.
The LISD Child Nutrition Program will be serving free meals including breakfast, lunch, snacks, and supper at 62 meal sites including 28 LISD campuses, city recreation centers, libraries, housing centers, churches, and other community sites throughout the city.
All LISD campuses are open feeding sites for youngsters from surrounding neighborhoods. Meals at the school campuses will be provided Monday through Thursday. Kitchens will be open on Fridays at Martin, Nixon, and Cigarroa High Schools in order to provide meals to the community sites. Meals at the community sites will be provided Monday through Friday. To participate, kids just need to show up at the cafeteria. No registration, meal ticket or ID is required.
The Summer Nutrition Program is offered statewide by local sponsors who operate sites where children up to 18 years-old can get meals at no charge. The service is open to all children, regardless of income. Students with disabilities who are over 18 years old and enrolled in school programs can also receive meals at no charge. The sites are located in areas where more than 50 percent of the children are eligible for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program.
More than 2,000 summer food meal sites across Texas are expected to be in operation. Many of the sites will offer recreational activities for children as well as meals at no charge.
According to Cisneros, last summer the Child Nutrition Department served 77,558 breakfasts, 160,173 lunches, 31,385 afternoon snacks, and 411 suppers for a grand total of 269,527 meals.
Meal site are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information on Summer Food Program meal sites and hours of operation call 2-1-1 or visit the LISD website at www.laredoisd.org. For more details on the Summer Food Program visit www.summerfood.org.
