Free Meals Available For Children This Summer In DeKalb County

DEKALB COUNTY, GA — Even though school is out for the summer, DeKalb County School District students can still get free food from the district.

Beginning Wednesday, DCSD will offer enough free, frozen meal boxes for seven days to all students age 18 and younger on certain days in June and July. You do not have to meet a specific income threshold or register in order to get meals.

Students attending face-to-face summer school will continue to receive free meals during their schools' scheduled meal times.

DCSD will offer the free meal boxes, which also have fresh fruit and vegetables, for curbside pickup from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. each Wednesday from June 9-July 21 at seven locations.

Here are the locations for meal box pickups, as well as a map:

• John Robert Lewis Elementary School, 2630 Skyland Drive NE, Atlanta
• Henderson Middle School, 2830 Henderson Mill Road, Atlanta
• Lithonia High School, 2440 Phillips Road, Lithonia
• Stone Mountain Middle School, 4301 Sarr Parkway, Stone Mountain
• Southwest DeKalb High School, 2863 Kelley Chapel Road, Decatur
• Bethune Middle School, 5200 Covington Highway, Decatur
• McNair Middle School, 2190 Wallingford Drive, Decatur

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