Kids in the Kawartha Lakes can get a healthy lunch for free this summer thanks to a program offered by Kawartha Lakes Food Source, The Salvation Army Lindsay, Kawartha Lakes Food Coalition, and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit.
The Summer Outreach Lunch Program, which has prepared and distributed hundreds of bagged lunches to elementary-school aged children in the Kawartha Lakes since 2018, will begin early this year on June 16 and run until August 20.
Lunches will be distributed every Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to noon at King Albert Public School (49 Glenelg St., Lindsay) and from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Queen Victoria Public School (11 John St., Lindsay).
The free lunches — consisting of a sandwich or wrap, fruits and vegetables, cheese or yogurt, and a healthy baked treat — are available for any elementary-school aged child in the City of Kawartha Lakes. No registration is required. Children or guardians can drop by either school to pick up a bagged lunch, no questions asked.
COVID safety protocols, including physical distancing, will be followed at each school. If a child is sick, someone should pick up a lunch on their behalf.
Last year, the program distributed 520 lunches, including 328 distributed to children with the remainder distributed to A Place Called Home, a 19-bed shelter for adults, couples, and families.
For more information, or to donate to the Summer Outreach Lunch Program, call Kawartha Lakes Food Source at 705-324-0707 or The Salvation Army Lindsay at 705-878-5331 ext. 2.
