From:
Colleen Braga
Executive Director
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County, www.adaclubs.org
[email protected] 208.639.3161
Friday, March 18, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County offers Free “Grab-and-Go” Meal Sites
for Children in Our Community amid COVID-19 Outbreak
(Ada & Canyon Counties- March 18, 2020) – Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County are opening up grab-and-go meal sites amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while schools are closed in both Ada and Canyon Counties. Beginning Thursday, March 19, 2020, pre-packaged grab-and-go meals will be available to any child, not just Club members, to grab a healthy breakfast and lunch. Parents will be able to get both breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday between the hours of 11:30 -1:30 p.m. at the following drive-through locations.
Riverfront Park in Garden City (next to Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County)
E 42nd St.
Garden City, ID 83714
Meridian Elementary School
1035 NW 1st St.
Meridian, ID 83642
Boys & Girls Clubs of Nampa
316 Stampede Drive
Nampa, ID 83687
Grab-and-Go breakfast and lunch will be available for children ages 1-18, regardless of free and reduced lunch eligibility or their school of attendance. Meals will be provided each day while supplies last. No application is needed.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County is on the frontlines of this crisis doing WHATEVER IT TAKES to make sure that now, more than ever, we are here for the kids who need us the most. Clubs will keep kids safe, enriched with academic activities and keep them nourished with healthy breakfast and lunches. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County (adaclubs.org) serves more than 4,600 children at 6 locations throughout Ada County. The Club provides a wide variety of youth development programs conducted by trained, professional staff. Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/AdaClubs and https://twitter.com/Adaclubs “This institution is an equal opportunity provider.”