Schools Also Serve Holiday Brown Bags to Provide Meals During Breaks
Bend-La Pine Schools Nutrition Services Supervisor Garra Schluter announced recently that they will be able to provide free meals to children 18 and younger for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year, thanks to an extension from the USDA.
“We’re excited to be able to continue providing nutritious breakfast, lunch and supper meals for children in our district,” Schluter said. “The extension will allow us to focus on our number one priority of ensuring our kids are fed without worrying about how they will pay for meals.”
Schluter explained that by forgoing collecting on meal payments, service of meals will be faster and the potential for exposure to COVID-19 will be reduced, as the district can continue Grab and Go style meal service. Nutrition Services currently provides 8,200 meals a day for children across the district at 19 school sites and delivers meals to several neighborhoods. Find a list of locations on their Meals webpage.
Bend-La Pine Schools will also expand free meals during upcoming holidays as part of its Holiday Brown Bag program. Each bag will include breakfast, lunch and supper items to last while school is not in session. Tuesday, November 10, meals will include items for the November 11 Veterans Day holiday.
Seven school sites will open for special Holiday Brown Bag pickups on Monday, November 23; Monday, December 21 and Monday, December 28. The sites will be open from 12-1pm and each Holiday Brown Bag will include food for breakfast, lunch and supper for four days.
- Bend Senior High — 230 NE Sixth St., Bend
- Elk Meadow Elementary — 60880 Brookswood Blvd., Bend
- La Pine High — 51633 Coach Rd., PO Box 306, La Pine
- Lava Ridge Elementary — 20805 Cooley Rd., Bend
- Pilot Butte Middle — 1501 NE Neff Rd., Bend
- Three Rivers K-8 — 56900 Enterprise Dr., Sunriver
- Westside Village Magnet — 1101 NW 12th St., Bend
