Dozens of Chicago Public Faculties websites will begin distributing free meals to households and kids Monday to help these battling retaining meals on the desk throughout the summer time months.
Meals can be supplied for free of charge to college students enrolled in CPS summer time faculty packages by the Summer time Meals Service Program, which is run by the Illinois State Board of Schooling and funded by the U.S. Division of Agriculture, based on the district.
Nevertheless, households will nonetheless be capable to obtain help even when their youngsters do not attend CPS faculties. The district’s LunchStop program, which gives no-cost wholesome meals at greater than 70 areas citywide, is open to youngsters one to 18 years previous.
“We all know that starvation doesn’t go away when faculty doorways shut,” CPS CEO Pedro Martinez mentioned in a information launch. “The summer time months may be troublesome for households who depend on our Faculty Diet Program and so we’re excited to as soon as once more supply quite a lot of nutritious meals to assist alleviate any stress and maintain our college students wholesome and able to study as they return to highschool in late August.”
LunchStop takes place from 10 a.m. by 12 p.m. Monday by Friday, starting Monday. The final day for this system is August 12.
A online tool is obtainable to assist households discover the closest LunchStop location. Mother and father and college students may also textual content “FOOD” or “COMIDA” to 304-304 and kind in a zipper code to search out close by summer time meals websites, together with working days and occasions, based on CPS.
