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Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« on: March 22, 2020, 12:50:12 AM »
My children's schools are offering lunch and/or dinner for the entire family. Wondering if all schools are doing it and if anybody is taking advantage of the offer. This is huge both financially and physically from having to prepare so many meals.

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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2020, 12:55:01 AM »
My children's schools are offering lunch and/or dinner for the entire family. Wondering if all schools are doing it and if anybody is taking advantage of the offer. This is huge both financially and physically from having to prepare so many meals.
Many schools from NY/NJ are doing this, its a gov funded summer meals program
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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2020, 12:59:34 AM »
We've been picking up every day, it's a huge help not to have to deal with snack and lunch for everyone
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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2020, 01:04:32 AM »
We've been picking up every day, it's a huge help not to have to deal with snack and lunch for everyone
Do they have a safe way of doing it ?

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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2020, 01:06:29 AM »
Do they have a safe way of doing it ?
Drive through in the parking lot, as of Friday the people handing out the meals were all gowned and masked. Lunches are in paper bags, we wash hands, empty them, wash hands, wash down the counter.
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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2020, 01:13:50 AM »
I hear in Lakewood designated pick up spots in all neighborhoods and in Monsey schools deliver.

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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2020, 01:18:54 AM »
I hear in Lakewood designated pick up spots in all neighborhoods and in Monsey schools deliver.
Lakewood has both
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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2020, 12:41:05 PM »
We are doing it in central IL.  Its being offered to everyone, not only the reduced lunch program participants.  We werent sure it would be helpful but did it last week for our 3 and its been a HUGE help.  They also include breakfast for the next day.  Helped us get milk when all stores were out and the fresh oranges/apples have been nice.  While we do have to drive to get it at one of the central locations, its a big help for us as we are both working full time while the kids are home.

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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2020, 12:45:41 PM »
Our school is offering it to all children through ages 18, even if they're not students of our school

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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2020, 12:57:48 PM »
Our school is offering it to all children through ages 18, even if they're not students of our school
I Believe its legally required
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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2020, 12:58:41 PM »
Participating. It makes this easier, both from a financial standpoint, and it gives a healthy variation in the daily meals.

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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2020, 01:13:04 PM »
Is this daily or once a week ?

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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2020, 01:17:53 PM »
Is this daily or once a week ?
in lakewood its daily
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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2020, 01:26:58 PM »
Is this daily or once a week ?
Schools are allowed to give enough to last 3 days in order to limit social contact...I believe today govt announced can be once a week as well.

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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2020, 03:24:04 PM »
Schools are allowed to give enough to last 3 days in order to limit social contact...I believe today govt announced can be once a week as well.
Which state are you in?

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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2020, 03:45:25 PM »
the same applies in NJ

BTW NY/NJ/PA/CT coordinated the response and many levels
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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2020, 06:02:39 PM »
is there a list of schools participating?

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Re: Meals offered by schools- are you participating?
« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2020, 06:04:20 PM »
the same applies in NJ

BTW NY/NJ/PA/CT coordinated the response and many levels
Locals schools by us (north jersey) are not giving meals