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Around The Diocese For June 8, 2018

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Happy birthday!

Becky Mann, parish catechetical leader at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Haubstadt, celebrates her birthday on June 13.

Jennifer Mayer, parish catechetical leader at St. Boniface Parish in Evansville, celebrates her birthday on June 14.

Hallie Scheu, principal at St. Wendel School in St. Wendel, celebrates her birthday on June 18.

Father Kenneth Steckler, priest of the Diocese of Evansville, celebrates his birthday on June 19.

 

Free-lunch offered during summer months

 

This summer the Indiana Department of Education, in partnership with more than 250 school and community sponsors, will provide children 18 and younger all across the state access to free meals and snacks throughout the summer break.

 

For more than 40 years, the Summer Food Service Program has provided eligible children and youth ages 18 and under with access to free, nutritious meals and snacks during the summer months. In 2017 Indiana sponsors served over three million meals across the state. Site locations and meal service times vary throughout the state, and locations range from parks and community centers to schools, churches, neighborhoods, and mobile feeding sites.

 

The Summer Food Service Program is a federal nutrition program funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and administered by the Indiana Department of Education. The program is designed to meet the needs of low-income children in areas where children may have limited access to good nutrition.

 

The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. will offer free summer lunches and breakfasts. Summer meals, which will be offered on weekdays at nine EVSC schools, will be free to children 18 years old and younger. Adults are charged a small fee. Warrick County School Corp. also participates in the program and will offer free meals on a first come, first serve basis at three locations.

 

EVSC locations and times:

  • Caze Elementary School: 10:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from June 4-29.

  • Cedar Hall Community School: 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from June 4-29.

  • Evans School: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. from June 4-29.

  • Glenwood Leadership Academy: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. from June 4-29.

  • Lincoln School will serve breakfast from 9:15 to 10 a.m. from June 4-29, with lunch available the same days from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and lunches only will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from July 2-27  Meals will not be available July 4.

  • Lodge Community School: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. from June 4-29.

  • McGary Middle School will serve breakfast from 9 to 9:30 a.m. from June 4-29, with lunch from noon to 1 p.m.

  • Tekoppel Elementary School: noon to 1 p.m. from June 4-29

  • Vogel Elementary School will serve breakfast from 8:15 to 8:30 a.m. from May 29 — July 27, with lunch available the same days from 11:15 to 11:30 a.m. Meals will not be available July 4.

 

Warrick County School Corp. locations and times:

  • Chandler Elementary School will serve breakfast from 8-9 a.m. from June 4-29 and July 16-27, lunch will be offered 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from June 4-July 27.

  • Loge Elementary School: 11 a.m. to noon from July 16-27.

  • Tennyson Elementary School: 11 a.m. to noon from July 16-27.

 

Other local groups in Evansville who provide free meals to community members, including children, are:

  • Salvation Army Soup Kitchen, 1040 Fulton Ave., is open for breakfast from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday through Aug. 2.

  • Evansville Rescue Mission, 500 E. Walnut St., offers breakfast from 6:30-7 a.m. Monday through Friday and from 7:30-8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday; lunch is noon to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 1 p.m. on Sundays; and dinner is from 5:30-6 p.m. and is open for anyone.

  • United Caring Services Day Center, at 324 NW 6th St., provides breakfast at 9 a.m., lunch at noon and dinner at 5 p.m. The Day Shelter is open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. seven days a week.

  • Dream Center Evansville, 16 W. Morgan Ave., will have weekday breakfast from 9:15 to 10 a.m. and lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.

 

For more information about the Summer Food Service Program, including an interactive map with site locations and hours of operation, please visit:https://www.doe.in.gov/nutrition/summer-food-service-program.


 

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