Georgia Mountain News

Knox Elementary School issued the following announcement on May 19. 

The CCSD School Nutrition Summer Feeding program will kick off June 6, and community donations are requested to make it a success.

“We care about our students’ well-being all the time, and we know that providing meals over summer break is a hardship for some families,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower said.  “We’re so fortunate to have a dedicated School Nutrition team, an outstanding partner in MUST Ministries and a supportive community working together to feed our students over the summer.”  

The first phase of the program is from June 6-30, with distribution on Mondays of bags containing five breakfasts and five lunches for the week. This phase is possible thanks to continued USDA waivers, grant funding and support from local nonprofit, MUST Ministries, a CCSD Partner. The distribution sites will be at Cherokee High School's North Campus and Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy; children do not need to be present for parents to pick up meal bags.  MUST Ministries volunteers also will distribute CCSD to-go meal bags in the community along their usual summer meal routes again this year.

Meals also will be provided in June to students attending CCSD's Thrive summer school program for select rising ninth-graders.  While the USDA funds will reimburse CCSD for most expenses, an estimated $8,400 in community support will be needed, as donations were needed last summer, to cover remaining costs and meet rising needs.  A donation page has been set up at https://bit.ly/CCSDdonate22 to allow for community donations. 

USDA waivers and funding have not been extended by Congress and will end on June 30.  As a result, CCSD cannot be reimbursed by USDA if we elect to continue the weekly distribution of to-go meal bags in July. In order to be reimbursed for meals served in July, meal distribution must return to daily pickups of single meals; children would need to be present with the parent/guardian to receive a meal and would be required to consume the meals onsite.  However, in an effort to better serve our community, CCSD is seeking donations to continue service of the weekly to-go meal bags through July.  Donations for this phase of the program also can be made at https://bit.ly/CCSDdonate22.

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Source: Knox Elementary School