As schools let out, children in many parts of Utah will still have a place to eat during the summer months.
WEST JORDAN, Utah — As schools let out, Utah children will still have a place to eat during the summer months.
The program kicked off on Monday and will go through August 4. Excluding holidays on June 19, July 4 and July 24, free breakfast and lunch will be offered at five different sites across the district for kids 18 years old and younger."The schools where we offer it are sites that qualify because their population is over 50% free and reduced students, so there's obviously a need in the areas," said Bastian.
Ginette Bott, the president and CEO of the Utah Food Bank, says they are responsible for 58 sites across the state, with the goal of providing 176,000 meals for Utah kids this summer. "We have 289,000 people in the state of Utah that are faced with insecurity and in that number one in nine of those are kids," said Bott.
"We've been planning for this for weeks and weeks and I'll say probably at least eight weeks solid because we have to confirm locations, we have to align vehicles," said Bott."It's an opportunity to get the kids out of their house and something good to eat and some exercise in, I think it's a great program," said Ramage.
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