CCSD to offer free summer meals beginning Tuesday

The Clark County School District volition supply escaped meals to children this summertime done the Summer Food Service Program, with work opening Tuesday, officials said contiguous successful a quality release.

All children 18 and nether are eligible for the escaped meals, which volition beryllium disposable astatine prime CCSD schools participating successful summertime programs. Meals volition beryllium served connected days erstwhile world acquisition takes spot on-site.

Depending connected the determination and programme schedule, schools whitethorn connection breakfast, lunch, oregon both.

Persons implicit 18 who are determined by a authorities oregon section nationalist acquisition bureau to beryllium mentally oregon physically disabled and who enactment successful a nationalist oregon backstage non-profit schoolhouse programme during the regular schoolhouse twelvemonth are besides eligible.

No repast work volition beryllium offered connected June 19 oregon July 3 successful observance of holidays.

All meals indispensable beryllium consumed on-site — determination volition beryllium nary drive-thru oregon take-out options — and participating sites volition supply entree to restrooms and potable water.

The programme is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered by the Nevada Department of Agriculture, officials said. It is designed to guarantee children person entree to nutritious meals during the summertime erstwhile escaped and reduced-price schoolhouse meals are typically unavailable.

A afloat database of participating schools and serving times is disposable astatine weareccsd.net/summermeals.