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Washington Morgan Community Action to offer summer food service

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Washington Morgan Community Action announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program. Free meals will be made available to children 18 years of age and under or persons over 18 who are determined by a state or local public educational agency to be medically or physically disabled. This year the meals are grab-and-go.

For planning purposes and to ensure children receive a hot meal families should call the central kitchen at 740-373-3455 and indicate which site they will be picking up a meal. Calls should be made the day before or before 8 am on the day the children would like to have a meal.

For a growing number of children, school lunch and breakfast have become the principal meals of the day. During the summer months, these meals are not available through the school. Studies show that children who do not receive proper nutrition over summer months begin school six months behind their peers. The summer nutrition program is an important component of school readiness.

Free, hot meals will be available Monday through Friday at the following sites:

Beverly (Presbyterian Church), 200 4th Street, Beverly

Operate: June 7- August 11

Hours: 12:15 p.m.- 12:45 p.m.

Lower Salem Village Hall, Ohio 821, Lower Salem

Operate: June 7 – August 11

Hours: 12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Lowell Elementary School, 305 Market St, Lowell

Operate: June 7- August 11

Hours: 11:30 a.m.- noon

Warren Middle School (Building #6)

60 Warrior Drive, Vincent

Operate: June 7- August 11

Hours: 12:30 p.m.- 1 p.m.

Belpre (Church of Nazarene), 1301 Putnam Howe, Belpre

Operate: June 7- August 11

Hours: 11:30 a.m. – noon

Carrol Senior Center, 606 Broadway Ave., New Matamoras

Operate: June 7- August 11

Hours: noon – 12:30 pm

Marietta, 307 Lancaster St, Marietta

Operate: June 7- August 11

Hours: 11:30 am – noon

Started in 1967, Washington-Morgan Community Action is a non-profit community-based organization that serves both Washington County and Morgan County. Washington-Morgan Community Action has responded to changing conditions over the past 43 years by adding services to meet the expectations of the community. Today, Washington-Morgan Community Action provides an array of quality services from healthcare to delivery of meals. Washington-Morgan Community Action has grown from modest beginnings to a major employer and service provider. The organization is truly dedicated to helping people help themselves. For more information about the Summer Food Service Program, please contact Jessica Stanley at 740-373-3745 or jstanley@wmcap.org.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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