Stressing the importance of offering nutritious meals to children during the summer months, the School District of Janesville’s (SDJ) Student Nutrition Department announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program.
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, provides nutritious meals to children during the summer, when free and reduced-price school meals are typically unavailable. Free meals will be made available to children 18 years of age and under. Persons over 18 years of age who are determined by a state or local public educational agency to be mentally or physically disabled and who also participate in a public or private non-profit school program during the regular school year may receive free meals as well.
The following locations will serve free meals this summer as detailed in the table below –
NOTE — No meals served on July 3 or July 4, 2023:
June 12, 2023 -July 7, 2023 Edison Middle School 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
June 12, 2023 -July 7, 2023 Jefferson, Harrison, Kennedy, Madison, Roosevelt, and Van Buren Elementary Schools 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
June 12, 2023- July 20, 2023 Craig & Parker High Schools 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
June 12, 2023 -July 7, 2023 Rock River Charter School 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
June 12, 2023 -August 16, 2023 Bond Park Pavilion & Hedberg Public Library 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
June 12, 2023 -August 16, 2023 Adams, Jackson, Lincoln, Washington, and Wilson Elementary Schools 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
June 12, 2023 -August 16, 2023 Boys & Girls Club 12 noon – 2:00 PM
SFSP Meals are provided to eligible children regardless of race, color, national origin, age, gender, or disability and there will be no discrimination in the course of meal service. The USDA requires that all meals must be eaten on-site by participating children — they cannot be taken home.
“This program fills a void created when school lunches are not available,” said Liz Leedle, Director, SDJ Student Nutrition Programs. “Helping parents meet the nutritional needs of their children is the strength of this program.”