The Shawano School District is stressing the importance of good nutrition with its summer food service program.
The program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, provides nutritious meals to children during the summer, when free and reduced-price school meals are unavailable.
Free meals will be made available to eligible children 18 and younger. Persons older than 18 who are determined by a state or local public educational agency to be mentally or physically disabled and who also participate in a public or private nonprofit school program during the regular school year may receive free meals as well.
Hillcrest Primary School and Shawano Community High School will serve free breakfasts from 7:45-9 a.m. and free lunches from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. every day during summer school, which runs from June 15 through July 17.
Meals are provided to eligible children regardless of race, color, national origin, age, gender or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of meal service.
“This program fills a void created when school breakfast and lunches are not available,” said Sarah Moesch, director for Taher Inc., the district’s food service provider. “Helping parents meet the nutritional needs of their children is the strength of this program. Shawano School District is excited to offer this service.”