Kids & Family
Hatboro-Horsham Provides Summer Meals for Kids Starting June 29
Hatboro-Horsham receives $10,000 grant through Nourishing Neighbors Summer Meals program to feed children in need
Even as the covid-19 pandemic subsides, millions of children continue to live with food insecurity across the United States.
To help feed children locally during the summer, Hatboro-Horsham School District will use a $10,000 grant it received through ACME Market Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors Summer Meals program.
“We have seen more of a need than ever for families to have access to food,” said Jessica Rankin Oldsey, Hatboro-Horsham School District’s food service director.
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The funds will be used to help the Hatboro-Horsham School District continue to offer free breakfast and lunch to children ages 0-18 years old throughout the summer. The program will run from June 29 to Sept. 1.
Hallowell Elementary School will offer a drive-through meal service on Tuesdays between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.
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The district will also use the grant to launch a mobile van that will stop at the following times and locations to distribute meals every Wednesday:
• 10-10:45 a.m. — Hatboro Memorial Pool Parking lot, 330 W. Moreland Avenue, Hatboro, PA 19040.
• 11-11:45 a.m. — The TNT Diner parking lot, 43 N. York Rd., Hatboro, PA 19040.
• Noon-12:45 p.m. — The Horsham VFW, 324 Sawmill Lane, Horsham, PA 19044.
Children will receive five breakfast meals and five lunch meals at both the drive-through service and mobile meal van.
Breakfasts typically include an entrée, white milk and fresh fruit. Lunches include an entrée — a grain and a protein — chocolate milk, a vegetable, fresh fruit and a variety of snacks.
Daily meals will also be provided to children enrolled in the district’s summer programs. The grant will be used to fund food, supplies, transportation, labor and more.
At the height of the pandemic, the district was serving meals to more than 600 students through its drive-through meal service.
“We also delivered food to people’s doorsteps who were in quarantine or without a vehicle,” Oldsey said. “This grant will absolutely help address food insecurity in our district.”