Where Salem-area families can find free grab-and-go kids meals during school shutdown
Emily Teel
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UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. Sunday
North Marion County School District announced schools will be closed from March 16 through April 1.
The school district will offer food delivery during school closures. Buses will run two routes Monday through Friday for the first two weeks to deliver a combined sack breakfast and lunch.
- Route A will begin at Century Meadows from 10 to 10:15 a.m., then Aurora Park from 10:30 to 10:45 a.m., then Sherwood from 11 to 11:15 a.m., and Olds from 11:30 to 11:45 a.m.
- Route B will begin at Chateau from 10 - 10:15 a.m., then Donald Skate Park from 10:30 to 10:45 a.m., then Rivenes Park from 11 to 11:15 a.m.
Food is available at no cost to children 18 and under. No adult meals are available and seconds will not be provided. Children must be present at the pick-up site to receive meals.
Original story:
Selected area schools in Marion and Polk counties will act as free meal pick-up points on weekdays during the school shutdown through March 31, to ensure that food-insecure families don't suffer a lack of nutrition options during that time.
The full list of schools that will have meals is as follows.
Salem-Keizer Public Schools
SKPS is offering breakfast and lunch grab and go bags, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 36 locations.
Meals are available to any child 18 and under.
- Auburn Elementary School
- Bush Elementary School
- Chavez Elementary School
- Claggett Creek Middle School
- Cummings Elementary School
- Englewood Elementary School
- Eyre Elementary School
- Four Corners Elementary School
- Grant Community School
- Hallman Elementary School
- Hammond Elementary School
- Harritt Elementary School
- Hayesville Elementary School
- Highland Elementary School
- Hoover Elementary School
- Houck Middle School
- Judson Middle School
- Keizer Elementary School
- Kennedy Elementary School
- Lamb Elementary School
- Lee Elementary School
- Leslie Elementary School
- McKay High School
- McNary High School
- Miller Elementary School
- Morningside Elementary School
- North Salem High School
- Richmond Elementary School
- Salem Heights Elementary School
- South Salem High School
- Sumpter Elementary School
- Walker Middle School
- Washington Elementary School
- Weddle Elementary School
- Whiteaker Middle School
- Wright Elementary School
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Woodburn School District
Grab-and-go meals will be available for Woodburn residents between the ages of 1 and 18. Meals will be available at designated locations from Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Washington Elementary
- French Prairie Middle School
- Nuevo Amanecer
Silver Falls School District
Sack lunches will be provided in a drive-through model to all children under the age of 18, at no cost to families, at the following school sites between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
- Silverton High School
- Scotts Mills Elementary
- Silver Crest Elementary
- Butte Creek Elementary
- Victor Point Elementary
Dallas School District
No cost, grab-and-go lunches are to anyone age 18 or younger from 12 until 12:30 p.m. each weekday through March 31.
- Lyle Elementary
- Whitworth Elementary
- Dallas School District Office
- Academy Building Parking Lot
- Woodbridge Apartments
Central School District
Grab-and-go meals will be available from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at all sites. Children under the age of 18 must be present to receive the meals. During this time frame students will receive enough food for breakfast and lunch.
- Ash Creek Elementary
- Independence Elementary
- Monmouth Elementary
- Talmadge Middle School
- Central High School
Emily Teel is the Food & Drink Editor at the Statesman Journal. Contact her at eteel@statesmanjournal.com, Facebook, or Twitter. See what she's cooking and where she's eating this week on Instagram: @emily_teel