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STAFF REPORT HANNIBAL — The USDA Summer Meals program at Douglass Community Services is providing a record number of meals to young people in Northeast Missouri. In May and June, Douglass and its collaborating partners provided 33,702 lunches, 33,560 breakfasts and 40 snacks. The meals program is made possible through a collaboration between Douglass Community Services and community groups, such as food pantries, churches and businesses. “Local volunteers make this program possible,â...

Regional School Unit 18 (Oakland, China, Belgrade, Sidney and Rome) is sponsoring a USDA “Summer Meals Program for Kids.” The school district plans to

Jun. 4—GUILFORD COUNTY — Guilford County Schools will launch its annual summer meals program on Tuesday, including at some High Point-area schools. Meals are available Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon. An extra meal is included on Thursdays to accommodate for Fridays. The High Point-area sites include Florence, Oak Hill, Jamestown, Union Hill and Parkview elementary schools. In ...

HANNIBAL — Douglass Community Services will be modifying the USDA Summer Meals Program because of the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The USDA has granted specific waiver that will allow us to serve more meals while, simultaneously supporting social distancing,” Douglass’ Chief Development Officer Stacey Nicholas said. This summer, Douglass will distribute meal packs that contain five breakfasts and five lunches. Meal packs will be distributed once a week, on e...

Open Table receives $108K grant Community Content Open Table, the Concord and Maynard charity that works to fight hunger and build healthy communities, received a Massachusetts Food Infrastructure Grant for $108,492. The funds will be used to expand Open Table’s Mobile Meals Program, which provides meals to food-insecure families in the Metrowest area. Prepared by volunteers in Open Table’s industrial kitchen in Maynard, the prepared meals are available for pickup at the Maynard drive-thru ...

The Killeen Independent School District’s well-received “Community Grab & Go” meals program fed thousands of hungry Central Texas families in the wake of last week’s winter storm.

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — Retreat Farm, the non-profit organization dedicated to connecting people to the land and to one another, received a $35,000 grant from the Gannett family fund at the Vermont Community Foundation to support the Farm’s efforts to address food insecurity in the wake of COVID-19. At the beginning of the pandemic, the Farm launched an emergency food pantry and ramped up its production of vegetables and meat to share directl...