Why West Ada Works to Keep Local Children Fed During Summer Break

Fishers police seeks community support for 'Pack the Cruiser'

Fishers PD’s ‘Pack the Cruiser’ food drive returns FISHERS, Ind. (WISH)–The Fishers Police Department is looking for you to help pack their squad cars with food for kids in need. The annual “Pack the Cruiser” event aims to help families provide sufficient meals for their children during the summer months. Detective Dean Mucha started this event nine years ago. Since then, police departments in Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio have started hosting the…

Elkhart Community Schools gives details on Summer Food Service Program for kids

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

Why West Ada works to keep local children fed during summer break

Making sure summer break doesn't mean a break from healthy eating, the West Ada School District is hoping to ease some financial stress by offering free meals for kids.MORE DETAILS HERE | West Ada School District will offer free meals for kids this summerThey make enough for rent and for cars, and maybe make enough for food, said Anne Brock, MS, RDN, LD, Director of School Nutrition for West Ada School District.Schools out for summer, but withou…

Food assistance programs designed to help feed kids over summer break

For some area students the meal, or meals, they consume during the school day may be among their most reliable sources of quality sustenance. While students and staff across the county may go on summer break, for many students their…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KTLO) - In a statement, School District 11 announces the return of the summer food service program. Although the school year is coming to an end, the need for good nutrition does not. During the school year, more than 18 million children receive free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch; during the summer, that number drops to 3 million. The summer food service program is open to all children ages 1 to 18. Anyone can rec…

Summer meals free to area children

With food insecurity an area concern as schools let out for the summer, the Keokuk Community School District is once again participating in the Summer Food Service Program from June 4 through Aug. 1.