The Marion City Schools is once again participating in the Summer Food Service Program. June 6 – August 5, 2016 (closed July 4), meals will be provided to all children without charge. It’s easy to participate and no sign up is required. Just show up at the site during the posted times and kids get a free meal.
The Summer Food Service Program ensures children ages 18 and under continue to receive nutritious meals during the summer break from school, when they do not have access to school breakfast or lunch. Children with disabilities and approved individualized education programs may participate through age 21.
“Giving children access to a healthy meal during the summer months is very important,” said Dr. Lonny J. Rivera, interim superintendent of public instruction at Ohio Department of Education. “The Summer Food Service Program brings communities together in making sure children have the nourishment they need to remain healthy.”
Many Ohio parents and caregivers continue to make difficult choices every day in order to provide for their families. In many cases, this leaves Ohio’s most vulnerable citizens, our children and youth, struggling with hunger daily.
In 2015, more than 50,000 Ohio children received free daily meals last year through the Summer Food Service Program with the help of 201 sponsoring agencies and 1,781 feeding sites.
The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the Ohio Department of Education.
Meals will be provided at Marion-area sites and times as follows (if you are elsewhere in Ohio, click here for a complete list of other sites):
Cardington Lincoln High School 349 Chesterville Ave. ,Card. 11:30 – 12:15
Edison Ball Fields 101 N. Boundary St., Edison 12:00 – 12:45
First United Church of Christ 326 S. Prospect St. 12:00 – 12:30
Fairview Apartments 966 Paula Drive 11:45 – 12:30
George Washington Elementary 400 Pennsylvania Ave. 11:30 – 12:15
Garfield Elementary 1170 Brookside Road 11:15 – 11:45
Garfield Park 1290 East Center St. 12:00 – 12:30
Grant Middle School 420 Presidential Drive 11:30 – 12:30
Harding High School 1500 Harding Hwy East 11:30 – 12:30
Hayes Elementary 750 Silver Street 11:15 – 11:45
Life Link Church 248 Olney Ave. 11:15 – 11:45
Lincoln Park 879 N. Prospect St. 11:45 – 12:30
Marion Public Library 445 E. Church St. 12:00 – 12:30
Marion Village Apartments 1543 Southland Parkway 11:00 – 11:30
Martin Luther King Park 205 Cass Avenue 11:30 -12:15
Mayes Community Temple 801 Bennett St. 11:00 – 11:30
McKinley Elementary 925 Chatfield Rd. 11:30 – 12:15
McKinley Park 275 McKinley Pk. Blvd. 11:00 – 11:30
Mt. Gilead Park Elementary 335 West Park Ave. 11:30 – 12:15
Mt. Zion Baptist Church 475 E. Fairground St. 12:00 – 12:30
Nazarene Church 233 West Church St. 12:00 – 12:30
Olney Park 565 Olney Ave. 11:45 – 12:30
Patterson St. Park 555 Patterson St. 11:30 -12:15
Professional Park Apartments 1250 Crescent Hts. Rd. 11:15 – 11:45
Rotary Park 365 LaTourette St. 11:00 -11:30
Sawyer-Ludwig Park 1313 White Oaks Rd. 11:45 – 12:30
Taft Elementary 1000 Robinson St. 11:30 -12:15
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