Yuma school districts are giving kids free meals during the summer
Eduardo Morales
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The Yuma Union High School District, Yuma School District One and Crane Elementary School District are serving free summer breakfast and lunches to kids 18 years and under.
“It’s helping out a lot especially ’cause my kids have friends over, and they have a cousin from out of town, so it helps ’cause now I’m feeding four kids instead of two. So we come here for breakfast and for lunch,” said Christina Wunder, a local parent who continuously brings her kids to the meals.
The meals are given out at a variety of school throughout each district.
Each district also offers meals to adults, but they are required to pay.
Elena Hildreth, the executive director for YUHSD, shares how the program takes some stress off the parents and students.
“They come on this big campus and they enjoy, and then the kids that are on campus…it kind of takes that worry. They don’t have to worry. If they’re on campus all day, they get breakfast, lunch and it’s no cost to them,” Hildreth says.
The program can also allow students to become more familiar with their local schools.
“If you have kiddos that are coming as a freshmen next year, it’s a great way to get on campus when there’s not like the thousands of students, you just try it once and then it’ll be easier,” Hildreth said.
Wunder says this can also be used as good bonding and social time for the kids.
“Take advantage if you can, it’s well worth it. I live two blocks me and my kids walk, it gets us out of the house, we talk, everyday when we do it, and they see they’re friends, they can meet friends,” she says.
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