School might be out, but Laveen schools are serving FREE breakfast and lunch to all kids all summer! In addition, both our local high schools, Cesar Chavez and Betty Fairfax are part of a similar program in the Phoenix Union High School District.

Children 18 years and younger may join us throughout the summer for nutritious breakfast and lunch. All kids’ meals are free at specific Laveen Elementary School district schools. There are no income requirements and you do not need to register. Children do not need to be enrolled in a Laveen school to participate. The summer meal program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Join us at any of the following locations.

All sites closed May 27 and July 4.

Meals are available to all children under the age of 18. Adult meals available for $2.50 breakfast and $3.50 lunch.

Visit www.laveeneld.org/summer-meals for more details.

In addition, this is the 38th summer that the Phoenix Union High School District, along with other agencies, will provide breakfast and lunch for needy children 18 years of age and younger at 13 high schools, Monday through Thursday, May 28th – June 27th.

Funded through the U.S. Department of Education food and nutrition programs, the Summer Food Program has, for over three decades, prepared and served more than 4 million meals at as many as 60 sites throughout Phoenix. Summer lunches are an extension of the National School Lunch Program.

Meals are prepared at PUHSD’s various high school campuses, listed below, serving thousands of meals per day. New foodstuffs are purchased at the beginning of the program to support the nutritional needs of children in impoverished areas.

Meals will be made available to all children 18 years of age and under without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age or disability. There will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.

Meals will be served at the following PUHSD-sponsored campuses:

Alhambra High School                    3839 W. Camelback Road

Bioscience High School                   512 E. Pierce Street

Betty Fairfax High School               8225 S. 59^th Avenue, Laveen  

Camelback High School                  4312 N 28th Street

Central High School                        4525 N. Central Avenue

Cesar Chavez High School               3921 W Baseline Road, Laveen    

Franklin Police and Fire HS             1645 W. McDowell Road

Carl Hayden High School                3333 W. Roosevelt Street

Metro Tech High School                  1900 W. Thomas Road

North High School                          1101 E. Thomas Road

Phoenix Coding Academy                 4445 N Central Avenue

Academies at South Mountain         5401 S. 7^th Street

Trevor G. Browne High School        7402 W. Catalina Drive

Each of these school campuses will be hosting Summer School. Food will be prepared, as it is during the regular school year, at each location in the school cafeteria or delivered to the sponsor site. Participating community members will be directed to the designated areas of each campus.

Breakfast will be served from 7:30 A.M. until 8:30 A.M., with lunch being served from 11:45 A.M. until 12:15 P.M. Adults are welcome to accompany children and can purchase breakfast for $2 and lunch for $3.

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Phoenix Union High School Press Release (Aug. 11, 2017)

PHOENIX UNION— All Phoenix Union High School District students will be able to eat free breakfast and lunch through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2017-18 school year.  It is the second year that the policy has been in effect.

Phoenix Union is able to offer this Special Assistance Provision based on the success of the District receiving   completed applications for free and reduced-price meals for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program from households in the school district.

Applications are distributed to students and parents by Phoenix Union schools at the beginning of the school year and can also be obtained at the schools’ Registration Office, Community Liaisons, and on the school’s website, www.PhoenixUnion.org/freelunchapp .   Applications can be returned to the school, or submitted via the online application at the link above. For more information, contact Milena Moneva at 602-764-7903.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National School Lunch program is based on household income levels.  But the number of participants in this program also determines federal Title monies (additional funding for academic support, such as free summer school) and e-Rate, which provides funding for improved technology at schools.  Other benefits through reimbursement funding include low-cost, nutritious meals, renovation of cafeterias, upgraded food service kitchen equipment, food service staffing and allows the PUHSD food service to be financially self-sustaining, freeing up money for other budgetary needs.

This program typically provides free lunch to family households whose income is 130 percent of the federal income poverty level.  For the   2017-18 school year, that threshold is $31,980 for a family of four.

MEDIA CONTACT: Craig Pletenik (602) 764-1530

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