UPDATE: Monroe Schools is now starting foodservice July 5.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — It used to be that summertime meant no lunch for some children out of school.
Programs in Snohomish, Monroe and Everett make sure hunger doesn’t strike. Snohomish will be opening service June 26; Everett and Monroe on July 5 . These are free to everyone under 18, regardless of income.
Snohomish's "Kids Café" brings lunches in a food van to more rural areas such as the Circle H Mobile Home Park, a neighborhood with more than 50 children who live north of Snohomish city limits a half-mile away from Three Lakes Road. The district also sends a food van to the Three Rivers Mobile Home Park in the Echo Lake area.
Other sites with free breakfast and lunch for kids are at the Snohomish Library, 311 Maple Ave., and Valley View Middle School (14308 Broadway Ave. SE.)
Breakfast is from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the library and Valley View. Lunchtime periods vary by site, but try coming at 11:30 a.m. and again at noon. See www.sno.wednet.edu/kidscafe for exact times. Children must be present to get a meal.
Snohomish Schools began its summer meal program in 2010, and serves more than 20,000 meals each year.
Books: The district will let students come to all of its elementary school libraries once a week every Wednesday starting July 5 from 9-11 a.m. to borrow books. Adults must come with the student.
Starting July 11, a bookmobile service will begin visiting Three Rivers Mobile Home Park and the Snohomish Boys & Girls Club around noon on Tuesdays, and visiting Plantation Mobile Home Park, the Snohomish Mobile Home Park (Avenue D) and Circle H Mobile Home Park on Thursdays. Look for the lime green "Book Cafe" bus.
Monroe
Monroe’s program begins July 5 at Frank Wagner Elementary, 115 Dickinson Road in central Monroe. Lunch is served Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
“No certification or paperwork is required and all meals must be consumed on-site,” the district states.
Everett
Everett’s program starts July 5 at eight different locations across the city. A couple are services geared for specific apartment complexes.
General meal sites are:
• The Cascade Boys & Girls Club, 7600 Cascade Drive
• Cascade High School, 801 E. Casino Rd.
• Emerson Elementary, 8702 7th Ave SE, Everett
• The Everett Boys and Girls Club, 2316 12th St.
• The downtown Everett library, 2702 Hoyt Ave.
• Forest Park, 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd., and
• View Ridge Elementary, 202 Alder St.
Most sites have lunch starting typically at noon, but some sites host lunch at 10:30 a.m. or 11 a.m. The breakfasts will be available at View Ridge and Cascade High.
The full list of service times is at www.everettsd.org/summermeals or call the district’s food service office at 425-385-4380.
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Need info fast?
A hot line in English is 1–866–3-HUNGRY (1–866–348–6479). In Spanish, call 1–877–8-HAMBRE (1–877–842–6273).
Or, you can text the word “food” or “comida” to 304-304. It will auto-respond asking for a ZIP code or home address, and if you text it your ZIP code, it will auto-respond back with nearby summer meal locations, mealtimes and phone numbers.
