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Summer Feeding Program will offer free meals for children in Lubbock, Wolfforth

Alana Edgin
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Students younger than 18 years old can get free meals this summer across Lubbock and Wolfforth, thanks to a partnership with Frenship ISD and Aramark.

The Tiger Bites Summer Feeding program, in its sixth year, aims to help end child hunger while school is out. This year, the program will go from June 5 until July 28, Monday through Friday, excluding the week of July 3-7.

Any child can get a meal, regardless of which school they attend. The child must be present and eat at the feeding sites, which will also have games and activities.

Tiger Bites Summer Feeding Locations and Times:

  • 11 a.m.-noon at the Frenship High School Soccer Complex, 702 Donald Preston Drive, Wolfforth.
  • 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Duran Park at 26th Street and Kewanee Avenue, Lubbock.

"Frenship ISD is proud to partner with Aramark to address childhood hunger during the summermonths," said Brandi Savage, Frenship ISD Coordinator of Special Programs. "This program allowsus to support not only the families in our district, but the entire area. We are looking forward tocontinuing it for the sixth year."

For more information on Frenship ISD’s Tiger Bites program, visit Frenship.net.