KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) are continuing to provide free meals to schools during virtual learning and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Free meals for Kalamazoo Public School students will be provided at 23 sites beginning the first day of school, which was Monday, August 31. During the first week, meal packets will be available on Monday and Wednesday. After Labor Day, the meal packs will be distributed Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Each meal package provides breakfast and lunch for multiple days.
No application or proof of income is required. Meal packages may be picked up at any of the 23 participating locations. Parents or guardians can pick up meals without their children present, but do need to provide their child’s name.
The distribution hours are 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., with five sites offering extended hours until 1:30 p.m.
KPS has been providing Grab-and-Go meals since March, when schools were closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The participating locations are listed below:
School Sites –
- Arcadia, 932 Boswell Lane
- Edison, 924 Russell Street
- El Sol, 604 W. Vine Street
- King-Westwood, 1100 Nichols Road
- Lincoln, 912 N. Burdick Street
- Loy Norrix High School, 606 E. Kilgore Road
- Maple Street, 922 W. Maple Street
- Milwood Elementary, 3400 Lovers Lane
- Parkwood-Upjohn, 2321 Park Street
- Prairie Ridge, 2294 S. 9th Street
- Spring Valley, 3530 Mt. Olivet Road
- Washington, 1919 Portage Road
- Woods Lake, 3215 Oakland Drive
- Woodward, 606 Stuart Avenue
Non-School Sites, 11:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. –
- Eastside Association, 1301 E. Main Street
- Fox Ridge Apartments,1320 Fox Ridge Drive
- Interfaith Homes, 1037 Interfaith Blvd.
- New Village Apts., 2500 St. Albans Way
Extended Hours Site, 11:30 a.m.to 1:30 p.m. –
- Hillside Middle School, 1941 Alamo Avenue
- Kalamazoo Central, 2432 N. Drake Road
- Linden Grove Middle School, 4241 Arboretum Parkway
- Milwood Magnet School, 2916 Konkle Street
- Northeastern Elementary, 2433 Gertrude Street
Further information about the free meal program can be found online at https://www.kalamazoopublicschools.com/.
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