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Cherokee schools offer free summer meals for kids

The Cherokee County schools will offer free meals to children at 12 sites around the county to ensure they have nutritious food during the summer break. AJC FILE
The Cherokee County schools will offer free meals to children at 12 sites around the county to ensure they have nutritious food during the summer break. AJC FILE
By David Ibata
June 1, 2017

Nearly one-third of Cherokee County school students qualify for free or reduced-price meals during the school year. So, the Cherokee County School District this summer again will offer a USDA program of free meals to students ages 18 and younger to ensure they continue to have nutritious food during the summer break.

Meals will be offered Monday through Friday — June 5 to July 21 (with certain exceptions) at 12 locations: Allen Temple AME Church, Woodstock; Canton Elementary School STEM Academy; Cherokee High School, Canton; East Gate Mobile Home Park, Acworth; Etowah High School, Woodstock; The Factory, Woodstock; Hidden Falls Mobile Home Park, Acworth; Oak Grove Elementary School Fine Arts Academy, Acworth; Teasley Middle School, Canton; Woodstock High School; G. Cecil Pruett Community Center Family YMCA, Canton; and Cherokee Outdoor Family YMCA, Woodstock.

For serving hours and menu information: 770-421-8419 or http://bit.ly/2rhqr7r

The program is funded entirely by the federal government as the U.S. Department of Agriculture Seamless Sumer Option.

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