School system to offer free meals for children over the summer

MOULTRIE, Ga. — The Colquitt County School Nutrition Department will offer meals free of charge via the Seamless Summer Feeding Program to all children in Colquitt County 18 years of age and younger.

Seamless Summer Feeding Program dates will be June 11-29.

Organizations that are participating in the Seamless Summer Feeding Program can be found at the following web site starting in June: http://ga.nokidhungry.org/free-summer-meals  

More information pertaining to Colquitt County sites can be obtained by calling the School Nutrition Office at 229-890-6228. Patty Tyson will serve as summer feeding manager and, along with other school nutrition employees, will be responsible for providing meals to several different sites throughout Colquitt County. The main walk-on sites will be Cox Elementary School, Stringfellow Elementary School, and C.A. Gray Jr. High School.  

Monika W. Griner, school nutrition director, stated, “We welcome the opportunity to provide this service to the children of Colquitt County and to partner with area organizations and churches in this capacity. We appreciate the willingness of the community to step forward and assist with meals when school is out.”

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