Summer meals begin today
TROY, N.Y. » Rensselaer County will begin its annual Summer Food Program on Monday at 21 sites throughout the county.
The program, funded by the federal Department of Agriculture and the state Department of Education, provides an opportunity for children younger than 18 to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session as an extension of the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program provided during the school year, according to a news release from the county.
“The Summer Food Program helps ensure that proper nutrition vital to the health and wellbeing of our youth is available to all the children in our communities when school is not in session,” county Executive Kathleen Jimino said in the release.
The county Department for Youth administers the program, managing distribution sites located in needy areas throughout the county. Last year, 86,504 meals were distributed during the 10-week program, including 21,070 breakfasts, 47,564 lunches and 17,870 snacks.
The program includes 14 locations in the city of Troy, three in the city of Rensselaer and others in Grafton, Petersburgh, Stephentown and Wynantskill. Here is the complete schedule:
Troy
Fallon Apartments (June 26 to Sept. 1): Breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastside Recreation Center/ Hope 7 Community Center (June 26 to Aug. 30): Lunch, noon to 12:30 p.m., snack 4 to 4:15 p.m.
Phelan Court Apartments (June 26 to Sept 1): Breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m.
Questar Rensselaer Academy (July 3 to Aug. 11): Breakfast 8 to 8:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to noon Sunnyside Center (June 26 to Aug. 11): Lunch 11 a.m. to noon, snack 2:30 to 3:15 p.m.
Taylor Apartments (June 26 to Sept. 1) Breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Troy Central Little League (June 26 to Aug. 18): Breakfast 9 to 10:15 a.m.; lunch noon to 1 p.m.
Troy Middle School (July 3 to Aug. 15): Breakfast 7:40 to 8:40 a.m., lunch 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Troy Family YMCA (June 26 to Sept. 1): Breakfast 8:30 to 9:15 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Troy YWCA/Unity House (June 26 to Aug. 4): Breakfast, 9 to 9:30 a.m., lunch noon to 12:30 p.m.
Corliss Park Apartments (June 26 to Sept. 1): Breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m.
Lansingburgh Boys & Girls Club (June 26 to Aug. 18): Lunch noon to 12:30 p.m., snack 3 to 3:30 p.m. Lansingburgh High School (July 5 to Aug. 18): Breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m.
Rensselaer Park Elementary School (July 5 to Aug. 25): Breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Rensselaer
John Warden Apartments (June 26 to Sept. 1): Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Questar Rensselaer Academy (July 3 to Aug. 11) Breakfast 8:15 – 8:45 Lunch: 11:00 – 11:30 Rensselaer Boys & Girls Club (June 26 to Aug. 18): Breakfast 8 to 9 a.m., lunch noon to 1 p.m.
Outlying areas
Grafton VFW/Fire Department (July 10 to Aug. 11): Lunch 11:30 a.m. to noon, snack 2:30 to 3 p.m,
Petersburgh Veterans Memorial Hall (June 26 to July 28): Breakfast 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Questar Gardner Dickenson School, Wynantskill (July 3 to Aug. 11): Breakfast 8:30 to 9 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to noon Stephentown Memorial Library (July 10 to Aug. 4): Breakfast 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., lunch 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.