Where to get food for kids while school is out

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – As school gets out, it can become harder to feed kids as food insecurity becomes more common in our area.

Many organizations and government entities are offering ways for children to be fed while school is out.

Golden Harvest Food Bank is stepping up to feed families during the summer with its Summer Harvest Feeding Program and Summer Sprouts Program.

The Aiken County Public School District is also stepping up.

From June 2 through 26, students will be able to go to area elementary and high schools to receive free meals.

On Mondays through Thursdays, families will be able to get breakfast from 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Elementary schools participating will stop serving food on June 19 while high schools will offer food the full period.

PICKUP LOCATIONS:

• Busbee Elementary
• Byrd Elementary
• Chukker Creek Elementary
• North Augusta Elementary
• Redcliffe Elementary
• Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary
• Aiken High
• Midland Valley High
• North Augusta High
• Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle-High
• Silver Bluff High
• South Aiken High
• Wagener-Salley High

Meals must be eaten onsite and parents that want to eat with their child must pay $3.10 for breakfast or $5.30 for lunch.

Aiken County Parks and Recreation teamed up with the Serenity Charity Club to feed Aiken County kids through the summer. The program started June 2 and runs until July 18.

The Richmond County School System is offering free meals for children 18 and under.

PICKUP LOCATIONS:

• Richmond Hill Middle and Elementary Schools serves breakfast from 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. from June 23- 27.
• The Performance Learning Center is serving breakfast from 7:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. from June 2 – June 27.
• Hephzibah Elementary School is serving breakfast from 7:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. from June 2 – June 26.
• George Butler High School is serving breakfast from 7:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. from June 2 – June 27.
• Lucy Laney Comprehensive High School is serving breakfast from 7:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. from June 2 – June 27.
• Bayvale Elementary School is serving breakfast from 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. from June 2 – June 27.
• Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School is serving breakfast from 9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. from June 9 – June 20.
• Lake Forest Hills is serving breakfast from 7:30 a.m. – 8 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. from June 9 – June 13.
• Glenn Hills Elementary is serving breakfast from 8 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. from June 2 – June 13.
• Diamond Lakes Elementary is serving breakfast from 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. from June 9 – June 26.
• T. W. Josey Comprehensive High School is serving breakfast from 8 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. from June 9 – June 13.
• Blythe Elementary School is giving away food on Tuesdays from June 3 – June 24 from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
• McBean Elementary School is giving away food on Mondays from June 2 – June 23 from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
• Hephzibah Comprehensive High School is giving away food from June 2 – June 26 from 10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Check with each school to know if the meal is onsite only or pickup only.

In Edgefield County, children 18 and under can pickup free meals on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Douglas Elementary, W.E. Parker Elementary, and Merriwether Middle schools. Signup for this program ended June 1.

Johnston Elementary, Merriwether Elementary, and Strom Thurmond High Schools are serving intercession students June 9-26.

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