WACO, Texas — The Waco Independent School District’s summer lunch program aims to provide breakfast and lunch to as many children as possible this summer.
The program, which ends Aug. 8, will have 31 locations, including two food trucks, that will travel to multiple locations throughout the city of Waco.
You can find out where and when meals will be served here.
- The meal program ends on August 8th.
- 31 locations, including two food trucks, will be located throughout the Waco area
- More than 37,000 meals were served in the first two weeks of the program.
- This program is free for children aged 0-18.
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It’s not a common sight on summer mornings, as kids are happy to be back on campus so they can enjoy breakfast in the school cafeteria.
But without the Cocoa Puffs and juice, their stomachs might have gone empty.
“We expect to provide approximately 36,000 breakfast meals and 60,000 lunch meals over the summer,” said Clifford Reese, food services director for the Waco Independent School District.
It’s all part of Waco ISD’s summer lunch program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Children under the age of 18, regardless of where they live or go to school, can pick up breakfast or lunch at 31 designated locations across Waco, including apartment complexes and two food trucks.
This program is available Monday through Friday during the summer.
“All of these meals will be provided free of charge to children ages zero to 18,” Rees said.
“We purchase our ingredients as a school district, as a department. We are responsible for the menu, purchasing ingredients, staffing and serving the meals, so the ingredients themselves are paid for with the reimbursement we receive from the federal government when we provide meals for our kids.”
The goal? To make sure no child goes hungry in the Central Texas community — to provide good energy and good food so kids don’t have to worry about where their next meal is coming from.
“The goal is to provide these children with future educational opportunities and nutrition is crucial to that,” Reese said.
