(Bend-La Pine Schools offers grab-and-go meals at ten sites in Bend, La Pine and Sunriver. | Photo by Kimberly Teichrow)
Free Meals Now Include Breakfast, Lunch & Supper Items
Bend-La Pine Schools has added two new school sites — for a total of ten school locations — to its free Grab and Go meal locations. The two new school locations are Three Rivers School in Sunriver and Westside Village Magnet at Kingston School in Bend. Additionally, each meal will now include items for supper, as well as breakfast and lunch. The free meals are available to children age 0 to 18, Monday to Friday, from 10:30am-noon.
“We are excited to add two new sites and to begin to offer items for supper,” said Garra Schluter, nutrition supervisor for Bend-La Pine Schools. “We are proud of the work our staff members are doing to help serve our community at this time.”
Schluter says Nutrition Services is currently serving approximately 1,600 breakfasts and 1,600 lunches every day.
Pick up sites are available as follows:
Amity Creek Magnet at Thompson School
437 NW Wall St, Bend
Bend Senior High School
230 NE Sixth St., Bend
Elk Meadow Elementary School
60880 Brookswood Blvd., Bend
Ensworth Elementary School
2150 NE Dagget Lane, Bend
La Pine High School
51633 Coach Road, La Pine
Mountain View High School
2755 NE 27th St., Bend
Pilot Butte Middle School
1501 NE Neff Road, Bend
R.E. Jewell Elementary School
20550 Murphy Rd, Bend
Three Rivers School
56900 Enterprise Drive, Sunriver
Westside Village Magnet at Kingston School
1101 NW 12th St, Bend
Visitors are asked to enter through designated doors, pick up a meal from the cafeteria and then take the meal to go. Gathering inside the school is discouraged.
Bend-La Pine Schools custodial staff will be cleaning before and after each meal. Adults can purchase a meal for $4.
Bend-La Pine Schools is an equal opportunity provider.