SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM
Accessing meals during summer break can be challenging for families with children and teens who rely on free and reduced lunches during the school year. Our Summer Lunch Program provides healthy sack lunches to ensure that youth ages 18 and under in underserved areas continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session. Our staff and volunteers prepare the meals in the Olympia Food Pantry kitchen and drive along a fixed route to deliver the meals.
Meal Sites
Join us for a free, delicious meal and fun activities! During the summer, staff and volunteers stop at several apartment complexes and mobile home parks to serve meals. Per USDA guidelines, children are required to eat their meal on site. No registration is required—come to whichever location works best for you.
Check here and on our social media in late May/early June for a Summer Lunch Meal map with times, locations and downloadable information.
To find Summer Meal sites operated by other agencies near you, visit: hungerfreewa.org/freesummerfood.
Accommodations for special dietary needs
Meal accommodations may be made if your child has special dietary needs. To request a meal accommodation, please complete the Special Dietary Needs Request form and submit it to our Children & Teen’s Services Coordinator. Forms are available here in English or Spanish, and at each of our Summer Lunch sites. Forms must be signed by a licensed medical authority and filled out completely. Our Summer Lunch Program will work to accommodate the child’s needs as soon as they are aware of the request.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information OSPI Child Nutrition Services June 2022 (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720- 2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email: [email protected]
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.