(See below for Summer Feeding Information.)
UPDATE: KCS Will Continue Free Meals for 2020-2021 School Year
Students in Kanawha County will have the opportunity to eat breakfast and lunch at school at no cost again this school year through a program called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). The CEP was enacted as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and provides universal meal service to children in high-poverty areas. This is the fifth year for the option.
The CEP serves as an alternative to collecting, approving and verifying household eligibility applications for free- and reduced-price eligible students in high-poverty Local Education Agencies (LEAs). If at least 40 percent of a school’s students are directly certified for free meal benefits, the entire school qualifies for the option.
“We know that academic achievement increases when our students are focused on learning instead of hunger, and participation in the CEP program reflects our commitment to providing secure and reliable access to nutritious meals,” said, Dr. Tom Williams, Superintendent of Kanawha County Schools. “I am proud that Kanawha County Schools continues to participate in the CEP program to help meet a crucial need for many students in our county.”
Kanawha County expects to have all schools participate in the CEP. All students at every elementary, middle, and high school shall receive a free breakfast and a lunch.
The 2017 Feeding America: Map the Meal Gap data reports high levels of food insecurity and hunger across the country. In West Virginia, more than 14 percent of residents, and over 79,000 children, live in food insecure households.
Summer Feeding
Meal kits will be distributed at the following open sites for parent pick-up only. Parents will drive up to the tent or front door check-in, open the trunk of the car or side door, and staff will load and close the door. Five-day meal kits will contain breakfast and lunch items along with milk. They have a shelf life of 10 days and portions of the kit will need refrigeration within 2 hours.
Meals will be available at the following sites.
Site
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Dates
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Day of week
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Time
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Bridge-Clendenin Elem
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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11 a.m. – Noon
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Cedar Grove Elem
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
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Capital High School
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Monday: Parent pickup
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1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
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Dunbar Primary
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
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East Bank Middle
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
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Flinn Elementary
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Monday: Parent pickup
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Noon – 1 p.m.
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Weimer Elementary
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
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Horace Mann Middle
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
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Malden Elementary
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
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Mary C. Snow Westside
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
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Marmet Elementary
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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Noon – 1 p.m.
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Montrose Elementary
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
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Nitro Elementary
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
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Overbrook Elementary
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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Noon – 1 p.m.
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Piedmont Elementary
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Monday: Parent pickup
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Noon – 1:30 p.m.
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Point Harmony Elem
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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Noon – 1 p.m.
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Riverside High School
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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Noon – 1 p.m.
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Sissonville Elementary
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Tuesday: Parent pickup
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9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
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St. Albans High
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6/8/20 – 9/1/20
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Monday: Parent picku
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1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
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A nutritious meal is important for children to learn, play and remain active during the summer months. No enrollment is necessary. Parents can simply show up at a meal site to pick up one box for each child 18 years of age or younger.
For more information about the Kanawha County Schools Summer Food Program, please call 304-348-6660.
More information about the USDA program is available at: https://www.fns.usda.gov/sfsp/summer-food-service-program.