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last updated at 5/9/2009 3:21:56 PM

Summer feeding programs available free for children

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Provided by the Sarasota County School Board
    The Food and Nutrition Services Department of the Sarasota County School Board will be participating in the Summer Food Service Program during June, July and August.
    Nutritionally balanced meals will be provided to all youth ages 18 or younger, at no charge, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.
    "Open" sites are sites operating where meals are made available to all children in the area on a first-come, first-serve basis, as well as to the children enrolled in a program at that particular site.

Locally, these sites are:

• Gene Matthews Boys & Girls Club, 6851 Biscayne Drive, North Port. June 1-Aug. 14, Monday-Friday; lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

• Lighthouse Baptist Church, 14251 Chancellor Blvd., Port Charlotte (North Port border) June 4-Aug. 14, Monday-Friday; lunch, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

• North Port High School, 6400 W. Price Blvd. June 8-July 16, Monday-Thursday; breakfast, 7-7:30 a.m., lunch,10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

The following sites are restricted to the space available at the site for security, safety and control reasons. These sites are open on a first-come, first-served basis for the children in the community:

• Riley Chase after summer school program, 1015 Panacea Blvd., North Port. June 8-July 16, Monday-Thursday; lunch, noon-12:30 p.m.

• George Mullen Activity Center, 4956 City Center Blvd., North Port. June 8-Aug. 7, Monday-Friday; lunch, noon-1 p.m.

• Laurel Park, 509 Collins Road, Nokomis. June 8-July 31, Monday-Friday; lunch, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Additionally, a summer feeding site at Glenallen Elementary School in North Port will serve only the children enrolled in the program there. This runs June 8-July 16, Monday-Friday, with breakfast from 7:30-8 a.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

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