Tuesday, May 30, 2017

EDITORIAL >> Kids can eat this summer

The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance summer-meal program for kids is underway in Cabot and Beebe, and starts on Thursday in Lonoke and on Monday in Jacksonville.

Kids ages 6 weeks to 18 years old can get free breakfasts and lunches most of the summer. To find a summer-meal site, visit www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks.


JACKSONVILLE SCHOOLS

The following Jacksonville schools will serve breakfast from 8 a.m. till 9 a.m. and lunch from noon till 1 p.m.

• Dupree Elementary, weekdays June 12-30;

• Jacksonville High School, weekdays Monday through June 23;

• Jacksonville Middle School, weekdays Monday through June 30;

• Pinewood Elementary, Tuesdays-Thursdays June 6-29.

CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT
 
• Westside Elementary, weekdays June 1 to July 29. Breakfast from 7:30 to 8 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.;

• Ward Central Elementary, weekdays Thursday through July 29. Breakfast from 7:30 to 8 a.m. Lunch from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.


LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Lonoke Elementary, weekdays Thursday through July 30. Breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Lunch from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.


BEEBE SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Beebe Primary School cafeteria, weekdays now through Aug. 4. Breakfast is from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Lunch is from 11a.m.-12:30 p.m.;

• Stoney Ridge Place, Thursdays, June 8 to July 27. Lunch only from noon to 12:30 p.m.;

• Lunnie Park, weekdays from now through Aug. 4. Lunch only from 11 a.m. till 11:30 a.m.;

• Antioch Community Church on Mondays June 5 to July 24. Lunch only from 11:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.;

• McRae City Park on Wednesdays, June 7 to July 26. Lunch only from 11:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.