Portland Public Schools has joined with Portland Parks and Recreation to make sure children can still receive free meals in the summer months.
The meals are offered daily at several parks around the city. They are available for children ages 1 through 18. Children must be present and meals must be eaten on site. There is no grab-and-go service this summer.
Meals are available at many sites statewide. Organizers say meal programs are “open to all families without paperwork, income verification, and regardless of immigration status.” Find a location near you.
Here are the times and locations for PPS meal services, running through Aug. 19.
The Beaverton School District is offering meals for kids starting Monday. The service runs Mondays through Thursdays until Aug. 11. Children must be present and meals must be consumed on site.
Find locations for Parkrose School District in East Portland here. David Douglas School District also has meals at various parks plus the Midland Library branch. For Reynolds, see below.
The Associated Press reported last week: Congress passed a bill Friday that aims to keep up the expanded, pandemic-era distribution of free meals for all students this summer.
Final passage of the Keep Kids Fed Act in the U.S. House came less than a week before rule changes for child nutrition programs were set to expire June 30.
“Our action today staves off a dangerous hunger cliff: ensuring universal free meals for all children throughout this summer, while helping schools keep up supply chain snags and rising costs for the upcoming school year,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, in a statement.
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