Jun 12, 2023

Free summer meals available at more than 50 communities across Nebraska

Posted Jun 12, 2023 1:23 PM
Students getting their lunch at a primary school in Atlanta, Georgia. (Amanda Mills/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Students getting their lunch at a primary school in Atlanta, Georgia. (Amanda Mills/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

By Paul Hamel
Nebraska Examiner

LINCOLN — Free meals are available to children, ages 1 to 18, at sites in about 50 communities across Nebraska this summer.

The food, both breakfasts and lunches in some locations, are available via the Summer Food Service Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A number of community camps and programs are also offering free meals to those children who are enrolled, according to the Nebraska Department of Education.

To find the nearest free meal site near you, text the words “FOOD” or “COMIDA” to the number, “304-304” and follow instructions.

In Alliance,  the Summer Food Service Program will be served at Emerson Elementary and Alliance Middle School. The program will run Monday thru Friday until June 30.  Youth age 19 and under are welcome to take part.  Breakfast is served from 7:30 to 8 am and Lunch served from 11:30 am to Noon.  Meals must be eaten on site.