USDA Extends Free Meals for Children Through End of School Year.

Written by Kristen Schmutz

Belden Communications News

Officials of Volusia County Schools have been permitted by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, food and Wellness Division to continue the meal program that allows all children under 18 in schools and the community to eat free until school ends on June 4, 2021.

All students attending school on campus will continue to receive breakfast and lunch items at no charge, while children not attending in-person classes, families can register weekly for curbside meal services.

Curbside meals are picked up each Tuesday from 6:30 -7:00 a.m., with the last scheduled curbside meal service being June 1, 2021.

The curbside meal service provides five breakfast and five lunches weekly.

Registration is required and must be completed weekly between Tuesday and Thursday for the following Tuesday’s pickup. Parents can register at any participating school, regardless of the school a child attends.

Parents must show ID and a form of ID for each student requesting meals. Current student ID cards or birth certificates are accepted.

Starting on Dec. 1 and continuing through the end of the school year, the pickup sites for the weekly curbside meal service will be limited to these sites:

Campbell Middle

Chisholm Elementary

Citrus Grove Elementary

Coronado Beach Elementary

Cypress Creek Elementary

DeBary Elementary

DeLand Middle

Discovery Elementary

Galaxy Middle

Heritage Middle

David C. Hinson Middle

Indian River Elementary

McInnis Elementary

Ormond Middle

Osteen Elementary

Pathways Elementary

Pierson Elementary

River Springs Middle

Seabreeze High

Silver Sands Middle

Sugar Mill Elementary

Volusia Pines Elementary

The link to register for curbside meal service can be found VCS website www.VCSEDU.org.