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June 2, 2009

Free meals offered to Essex County kids

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Youth Bureau is participating in the Summer Food Service Program.

Free meals will be provided to all children 18 years and under, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.

Meals will be provided at several sites around the county.

OPEN SITES
Meals will be available July 6 to Aug. 7 to all children in the area at CVES, Plank Road, Mineville, with breakfast, Monday through Friday, 9 to 9:15 a.m.; and lunch, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

ENROLLED SITES
At some sites, meals are served only to children who have enrolled.

Meals are free of charge to all eligible children; they must meet the income guidelines for reduced-price meals in the National School Lunch Program.

Children who are part of households that receive food stamps or benefits under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families are automatically eligible to receive free meals.

The enrolled sites are:

Bloomingdale Fire House: Lunch, Monday through Friday, noon to 1 p.m., July 6 to Aug. 14.

Petrova Elementary School, Saranac Lake: Lunch, Monday through Friday, noon to 1 p.m., July 6 to Aug. 14.

Schroon Lake Central School: Breakfast, Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., and lunch Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to noon, from July 6 to 30.

Noblewood in Willsboro: Lunch, Monday through Friday, 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., from July 6 to Aug. 14.

For more information, contact Essex County Youth Bureau, 7533 Court St., Elizabethtown.

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