Several food service programs will be held across the North Olympic Peninsula for children 18 and younger this summer.
All programs are free with no financial limitations. None of the food programs requires registration.
Here is a list of the programs:
Boys &Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula
• Sequim programs will be held from this coming Monday to Friday, Aug. 25.
• Port Angeles programs will be held from this coming Wednesday to Friday, Aug. 25.
Food programs are offered Mondays through Fridays. Breakfast will be served from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m.
The only exception is the lunch at Port Angeles High School, 304 E. Park Ave., which will be available from Wednesday, July 5, to Tuesday, Aug. 1, from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The service will be closed at all locations Tuesday, July 4.
The Sequim locations are the Boys &Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St.; Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave.; Elk Creek Apartments, 90 S. Rhodefer Road; Mountain View Court Apartments, 303 S. Fifth St.; and Walmart Supercenter, 1110 W. Washington St.
The Port Angeles locations are the Port Angeles Boys &Girls Club, 2620 S. Francis St.; Dream Park, 298-300 S. Race St.; Evergreen Family Village, 2202 W. 16th St.; Jefferson Elementary, 218 E. 12th St.; and Shane Park, 613 S. G St.
Lower Elwha S’Klallam Tribe
The tribe’s program will be held Mondays through Fridays from this coming Wednesday to Friday, Sept. 1.
The lunches will be from noon to 1 p.m. at the Tribal Administration Building, 2851 Lower Elwha Road.
The service will be held every day except July 3-4.
The tribe’s program is sponsored by the state’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Jefferson County YMCA
Several locations across East Jefferson County will host free lunches and snacks.
• Brinnon School, 46 Schoolhouse Road, Brinnon, will have lunches available from 11:30 a.m. to noon and snack from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays from Monday, July 10, to Thursday, Aug. 10.
• Chimacum Elementary School, 91 West Valley Road, will have lunches from noon to 12:30 p.m. and snack from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Mondays through Fridays from Monday, June 26, to Friday, Aug. 18.
• The Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock, will have lunches from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays from Monday, July 3, to Monday, July 31.
• Mountain View Commons, 1919 Blaine St., Port Townsend, will have lunches from noon to 12:30 p.m. and snack from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays from June 26 to Friday, Sept. 1.
• Quilcene School, 294715 U.S. Highway 101, Quilcene, will have lunches from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and snack from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays from July 10 to Aug. 10.
• The Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., Port Townsend, will serve lunch from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays from July 5 to Sept. 1.
Services at all locations will be closed July 4.
In addition to providing free lunches and snacks across East Jefferson County, the Y will offer a literacy enrichment program for children ages 5 to 12 at the Brinnon, Chimacum and Quilcene locations. Preregistration is required for the program.
To register, visit the mountain commons or the website at www. olympicpeninsulaymca.org.
The Y’s program also accepts volunteers.
Those interested in volunteering can phone 360-385-5811, or visit the facility at Mountain View Commons.
The food programs are made available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture which “reimburses providers who serve healthy meals to children and teens in low-income areas during the summer months when school is not in session.”
For more information about the tribe’s program, visit k12.wa.us/Child Nutrition/programs or phone Melissa Gilman at 360-417-8545, ext. 2912.
For more information about the Boys &Girls Clubs’ program, visit www.fns.usda.gov or phone Ryan Juel at 208-275-9699.
For more information about the Y’s program, visit olympicpeninsulaymca.org/summermeals.
