Seamless Summer Option Ensures Kids Won't Go Hungry

The Cherokee County School District will once again participate in the USDA Seamless Summer Option.

The initiative offers free meals during the summer for children 18 years of age or younger and runs Monday through Friday, June 8 through July 24.

The distribution sites and times are listed below. Some sites also serve breakfast, and children can participate in either or both meals at no cost.

Almost one-third of district students qualify for free or reduced meals during the school year, and this program ensures that children continue to have access to meals throughout the summer break.

Summer Meal Option sites for 2015 are:

YMCA Canton
151 Waleska Street
Canton, GA 30114
Breakfast: 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to noon

YMCA Woodstock
201 E. Bells Ferry Road
Woodstock, GA 30189
Breakfast: 8:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Lunch: noon to 12:30 p.m.

East Gate Mobile Home Park
6310 Bells Ferry Road
Acworth, GA 30102
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Hidden Falls Mobile Home Park
6359 Bells Ferry Road
Acworth, GA 30102
Lunch: 10:45 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.

For more information, contact Susan Turner, supervisor of school nutrition, at susan.turner@cherokee.k12.ga.us or at (770) 479-4268.

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