School will soon be out for summer, but lunch will still be served. There are many area locations that are serving free lunch for children through the USDA Summer Food Service Program.
The Summer Food Service Program is in place to make sure low income children continue to receive nutritious meals in the summer. Free meals are available for all children and teens 18 and younger. No registration is required.
In Biddeford, lunch will be served Monday through Friday from June 25 to Aug. 17 at 11:30 a.m to noon at McArthur Library and John F Kennedy Memorial School and 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. at Community Bicycle Center. Breakfast will be served from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. at John F Kennedy Memorial School.
In Old Orchard Beach, breakfast will be served from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m. and lunch will be served from 11:30 to noon at Loranger Memorial School Monday through Friday from June 25 to Aug. 17. Lunch will be served 11:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday at the Libby Memorial Library from June 26 to Aug. 17. Adult meals can be purchased – $1.50 for breakfast and $3 for lunch.
In Saco, lunch and breakfast will be served Monday through Friday from June 25 to Aug. 10 at C.K. Burns School, First Parish Congregational Church, Governor John Fairfield School, Saco Parks and Recreation, the Ledges Housing Complex and Young School.
Breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at C.K. Burns School, Gov. John Fairfield School and Saco Parks and Recreation. It will be served from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. at Young School and 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. at The Ledges and First Parish Congregational Church. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to noon at C.K. Burns School, Gov. Fairfield School and Saco Parks and Recreation. Lunch will be served from 11:30 to noon at First Parish Congregational Church, The Ledges Housing Complex and Young School.
In Sanford, breakfast and lunch will be served from June 25 to Aug. 10. Breakfast will be served from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m. at Carl Lamb School, Curtis Lake Church and Memorial Gym and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the YMCA. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to noon at Carl Lamb School, Memorial Gym and the YMCA. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to noon at Carpentier Park and Curtis Lake Church and from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at Springvale Playground.
For more information and other locations, go to www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks.
— Staff Writer Liz Gotthelf can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 325 or egotthelf@journaltribune.com.
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