GCSC summer food service slated

Each year when school ends, children who rely on school meals served at Greencastle Schools through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs are at serious risk of going hungry.

This is where the Federal Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) comes in and helps bridge the hunger gap.

As part of the USDA Federally funded Summer Meals program along with Greencastle Community School Corporation, the children will have nutritious breakfast and lunch meals again this summer.

Debbie Carrico, director of foodservice for Greencastle Schools, has run this program for seven years and watches it grow every year.

“Being with the kids during the school year and seeing there are hungry children coming through the meal line makes a statement that we have a need for this in Greencastle during the summer,” Carrico said. “Last summer we fed over 14,000 meals to children and adults over a span of nine weeks.”

There is a mobile unit that will be at Robe Ann Park, plus there are four schools open.

Last summer, daycare, babysitters, youth groups, athletic groups utilized the meal program, which Carrico thought was great.

The program is open to any child who wishes to eat a free meal. The meals must be consumed at the site and adults can not eat from a child’s meal.

Free meals are available to all children 18 years of age and under.

Meals will be provided to all children without charge or any paperwork. There will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.

Adults may purchase a meal for $3.

Greencastle High School, Greencastle Middle School, Tzouanakis and Ridpath will serve breakfast and lunch daily. Robe-Ann Park Mobile Unit will serve lunch at Shelter House No. 2 by the skate park.

See times in the inset schedule.

Carrico also wished to extend a thank you to Rod Weinscheck and the rest of the Greencastle Parks and Recreation for donating the use of the shelter house for the program.

GCSC Summer Food Program schedule

Greencastle High School

June 3-28

Breakfast: 7:30-8:30 a.m.

Lunch: 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Greencastle Middle School

June 3-28

Breakfast: 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Lunch: 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Ridpath Primary School

May 28-July 19

Breakfast: 8-9 a.m.

Lunch: 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Tzouanakis Intermediate School

June 3-28

Breakfast: 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Lunch: 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Mobile Unit at Robe-Ann Park

June 3-July 19

Lunch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.