Lunch is served from noon to 12:30 p.m.
(SALEM) - A program that has been providing free lunches to low-income, school-age children at risk of hunger during Spring Break week in the Salem/Keizer area since 1993 in expanding to rural Marion and Polk counties.
In recent years, it has also expanded to include giving away free books.
Marion-Polk Food Share raises the funds necessary to cover all the costs of providing this much-needed service to area children. The funds come through the generosity of MPFS donors.
This year partners in this effort include Boys and Girls Clubs of Salem, Salem-Keizer School District, Salem Housing Authority, Roth's-Your Family Market stores and Sodexho USA.
Volunteers are essential to No Hungry Child, serving as drivers, distributing fliers, working as food handlers, distributing books. The program could not exist without these vital community helpers.
During Spring Break, any child 18 and younger in the Salem-Keizer area can eat for free.
Even if not a member, any child may go to a Boys and Girls Club site to receive a free lunch.
Lunch is served from noon to 12:30 p.m.
The following is a list of participating meal sites, including four Boys and Girls Clubs that are funded under a USDA-sponsored program:
Salem/KeizerBush Elementary School 410 14th Street SECummings Elementary School 613 Cummings Lane N (Keizer)Four Corners Elementary School 500 Elma SEGlen Creek Village Apartments 1320 Orchard Heights Rd NWGrace Community Church 4105 Lancaster Dr. NEHallman Elementary School 4000 Deerhaven Dr. NEHighland Elementary School 530 Highland Ave. NEEastwood Boys & Girls Club 1120 Savage Rd. NEKeizer Boys & Girls Club 4840 Noren Ave. NE (Keizer)Knudson Boys & Girls Club 1395 Summer St. NEMeadowlark Apartments 4931 Sunnyside Rd. SEOrchard Park Apartments 4100 Kacey Circle NESalem First Free Methodist Church 4455 Silverton Rd. NESwegle Boys & Girls Club 4445 Market St. NEMorningside United Methodist Church 3674 12th St. SEParkway Village Apartments 3143 7th Place NERichmond Elementary School 466 Richmond Ave. SEWashington Elementary School 3165 Lansing Ave. NE
Rural Marion CountyEugene Field ElementarySchool 410 N. Water St., SilvertonScotts Mills Elementary School 801 First St., Scotts MillsSt. Joseph Shelter 925 S. Main St., Mt. AngelWashington Elementary School 777 E. Lincoln St., WoodburnHubbard United Church of Christ 2934 H St., HubbardDonald Fire Hall 20909 Feller St. NE, DonaldAumsville Elementary School 572 North 11th Street, Aumsville
Rural Polk CountyWhitworth Elementary School 1151 SE Miller St., DallasDallas Resource Center 326 Main St., DallasOregon Child Development Coalition 535 G. St., IndependenceWillamina Middle School at Grand Ronde 8720 Grand Ronde Rd., Grand Ronde
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