IDEA Public Schools offer free summer meals to children

EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM ) — IDEA Public Schools’ Child Nutrition Program (NCP) will be serving free meals during the summer to children.

According to the news release by IDEA Public Schools, the program is for children aged 18 years and younger whether they are an IDEA student or not.

Free meals will be served from Monday, June 17 through Friday, July 26.

“Healthy nutrition is important for all children in our community, not just while they are in a classroom learning, but year-round. With nearly 1.7 million children across Texas at risk of going hungry this summer, we are excited to be able to provide nutritious meals while relieving families of the potential financial burden they can experience over the summer time,” said Vice President of the Child Nutrition Program at IDEA Public Schools Fernando Aguilar.

The summer meals will be held in the cafeterias of any IDEA El Paso campus and will include breakfast and lunch. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m, according to IDEA Public Schools.

The food service program will be closed on federal holidays including Wednesday, June 19 and from Monday, July 1 through Friday, July 5.

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