PHOENIX UNION JOINS SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM FOR 29th YEAR

For the 29th summer, the Phoenix Union High School District, along with other agencies, will provide lunches for needy children 18 years of age and younger at various locations, Monday through Friday, June 7 – June 25. In addition, the Phoenix Union will be providing breakfast for needy children 18 years of age and younger at the Summer Food Program sites.

Funded through the U.S. Department of Education food and nutrition programs, the Summer Food Program has, for nearly three decades, prepared and served more than 3 million meals at as many as 60 sites throughout Phoenix. Summer lunches are an extension of the National School Lunch Program.

Meals are prepared at PUHSD’s various high school campuses, listed below, serving thousands of meals per day. New foodstuffs are purchased at the beginning of the program to support the nutritional needs of children in impoverished areas. Food left over at the end of the program, like that at the end of the school year, is donated to local food banks for distribution.

Meals will be made available to all children 18 years of age and under within the approved geographical area without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation or marital or family status.

Meals will be served at the following PUHSD campuses: Cesar Chavez High School, 3921 W Baseline Road; Central High School, 4525 N Central Avenue; North High School, 1101 E Thomas Road and Maryvale High School, 3415 N. 59th Avenue

Each of those school campuses will be hosting Summer School. Food will be prepared, as it is during the regular school year, at each location in the school cafeteria. Participating community members will be directed to the designated areas of each campus.

The Summer Food Program will be held Monday through Friday, from June 7 through June 25. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 A.M. until 8:30 A.M., with lunch being served from 10:45 A.M. until 12:45 P.M. Adults are welcome to accompany children and can purchase breakfast for $2 and lunch for $3.

Source: Phoenix Union High School District