Summer Feeding Program to serve meals for children across the Capital Region

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The classrooms are empty but locations in the Capital Region will be filled with food in order to feed children during the summer months. The Child Nutrition Program of the Diocese of Baton Rouge will be providing free meals in June.

Families will find meal boxes from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. There will be 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, and 1 gallon of milk provided at each of the sites at the scheduled date and time. It will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis for children age 18 and younger. About 1,500 meal boxes and 1,500 gallons of milk will be given out.

Drive-thru meal service will be provided at all sites. You can also walk up.

If the child is not present and/or additional meal boxes are needed, the parent/guardian must complete a “Parent Pickup Form” available at each site.

You can find the complete list of locations below:

For more information, call 225-387-6421 or visit www.cnpbr.org.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library announced EBR Schools’ Child Nutrition Program will also provide free summer meals for children and teens at nine library locations until Friday, July 28. See the schedule below:

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