YMCA announces 13 summer meal sites in the area – The Daily Post-Athenian

The Athens-McMinn Family YMCA has announced 13 summer meal sites available to children ages 18 and under.

The meals are free for children and will be handed out every Monday and Thursday beginning May 28.

Currently, the YMCA is serving multiple rural communities in McMinn County at just under 1,000 meals a week with eight drive thru routes in response to COVID-19.

We have a year-round program in place that became a delivery and drive thru service in March when COVID-19 significantly increased the need to get food to kids, stated Debbie Crews, YMCA director of outreach programs. The opportunity to expand our recurring summer programming is absolutely in response to the pandemic and families in even greater need. We are now serving meals at four schools including Niota, Rogers Creek, Calhoun and Etowah City.

Families can expect Monday and Thursday food packages to include packed meals for the weekdays when sites are not set up.

The program expansion will allow us to reach the whole county and ensure kids are fed this summer. We could not do this without the help of some amazing educators willing to work this summer in helping us serve at these sites, Crews said.

The list of meal sites for the 2020 summer:

YMCA: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Lee Manor Apartments: 11:30 a.m. to noon

Ridgetop Apartments: 12:15 - 12:45 p.m.

on County Road 213: 11:30 a.m. to noon

Cherokee Point Community: 12:15 - 12:45 p.m.

Holiday Mobile Home Community: 1 - 1:30 p.m.

Englewood Pool: noon to 12:45 p.m.

Niota Elementary School: 9:30 a.m. to noon

Etowah City School: 9:30 a.m. to noon

Rogers Creek School: 9:30 a.m. to noon

Calhoun School: 9:30 a.m. to noon

The YMCA will also provide lunch meals for the following libraries summer programming:

EG Fisher Library: 11:30 a.m. to noon, Monday-Friday beginning June1

Etowah Carnegie Library: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Monday to Friday beginning June 2.

Community members can call 423-745-4904 for more information.

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YMCA announces 13 summer meal sites in the area - The Daily Post-Athenian