Free summer meal program for children to begin in Sequim, PA

By Matthew Nash • June 12, 2024 1:30 am
Photo courtesy Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula/ Starting June 20, children can receive free lunches on weekdays throughout the summer at multiple locations across Sequim and starting June 25 in Port Angeles. Carrie Blake Community Park in Sequim is one of 14 locations between the two cities offering meals through late August.
Photo courtesy Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula/ Starting June 20, children can receive free lunches on weekdays throughout the summer at multiple locations across Sequim and starting June 25 in Port Angeles. Carrie Blake Community Park in Sequim is one of 14 locations between the two cities offering meals through late August.

As school winds down for the summer, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula once again offers free lunches starting June 20 in Sequim, and June 25 in Port Angeles.

Through the USDA Summer Food Program, the free meals are available to any child 18 and younger except on the Fourth of July.

This program also helps continue to offer meals to students who receive free meals during the school year.

Boys & Girls Clubs’ staff report they provided 21,448 lunches last summer, with 9,639 in Sequim, and 11,809 in Port Angeles. They provided 5,157 snacks for club members (3,570 in Sequim and 1,587 in Port Angeles), too.

Sequim

Sequim locations operate Monday-Friday from June 20-Aug. 23, except July 4.

• Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St.; breakfast, 8:30 a.m.-9 a.m.; lunch, noon-12:30 p.m.

• Carrie Blake Community Park, 202 N. Blake Ave.; noon-12:45 p.m.

• Elk Creek Apartments, 90 S. Rhodefer Road; 11:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.

• Greywolf Elementary, 171 Carlsborg Road; 11:30-11:50 a.m. Tuesdays/Thursdays

• Mountain View Court Apartments, 303 S. Fifth St.; noon-12:20 p.m.

• SeaBreeze Apartments, 525 McCurdy Road; 12:10-12:30 p.m.

• YMCA of Sequim, 610 N. Fifth Ave., 11:30-11:50 a.m.

Port Angeles

Port Angeles locations operate Monday-Friday, from June 25-Aug. 29, except July 4.

• Port Angeles Boys & Girls Club, 2301 S. Francis St.; breakfast, 8-8:30 a.m.; lunch, noon-1 p.m.

• Dream Park (Erickson Park), 298-300 S. Race St.; noon-1 p.m.

• Evergreen Family Village, 2203 W. 18th St.; lunch 11:30-11:50 a.m.

• Jefferson Elementary, 218 E. 12th St.; lunch 11:30-11:50 a.m.

• Lincoln High School, 924 W. Ninth St., noon-12:15 p.m.

• Monroe Playfield at Roosevelt School, 106 Monroe Road, 12:30-1 p.m.

• Shane Park, 613 G. St.; lunch noon-1 p.m.

Additional food options

• Sequim families and adults can access Sequim Food Bank, 144. W. Alder St., from 1-4 p.m. Mondays; and 9 a.m.-noon on Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, call the Sequim Food Bank at 360-683-1205 or visit sequimfoodbank.org.

• Port Angeles families and adults can access the Port Angeles Food Bank, 632 N. Oakridge Dr., from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, and 11 a..m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call the Port Angeles Food Bank at 360-452-8568 or visit portangelesfoodbank.org.

Volunteer

Volunteers are sought throughout the summer, and those interested can reach the clubs at 360-683-8095, or by contacting Jan Eadie at sfspcommunitycoordinatorcck@bgc-op.org.

Student interns

The clubs have hired 14 student workers (nine in Sequim), ages 14-18, to help prepare, package and deliver meals at the different sites through the Boys & Girls Club’s Workforce Readiness Program that staff says equips youth with vital employment skills through real world experience.

They’ll contribute three hours daily, five days a week for 10 weeks, earning minimum wage.

This experience will hone their time management, project management, customer service and teamwork skills and develop a profound understanding of community service and nutrition, staff said.

For more about the clubs and Summer Food Program, call 360-683-8095 or visit bgc-op.org.

Photo courtesy Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula have hired 14 teens to help with meal preparation and distribution throughout the summer for the USDA Summer Food Program in Sequim and Port Angeles.

Photo courtesy Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula have hired 14 teens to help with meal preparation and distribution throughout the summer for the USDA Summer Food Program in Sequim and Port Angeles.