DAYTON — While students attend school for education, for some it can be a place where they receive meals they might not get at home.
Now that the school year is wrapping up, some parents may fear that their kids won’t have enough to eat over the summer.
One local program is hoping to help with that.
Returning this summer, with some changes, is the Dayton Public Schools’ Summer Food Program.
“Most of the kids who are getting both breakfast and lunch, they’ll be in a program like maybe a summer camp that’s being run by a church, maybe in one of our schools or at the church building itself and then we’re serving meals at metro housing establishments and things like that,” Cathie DeFehr with DPS’ Nutrition Services said.
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Already underway, the program provides breakfast, lunch and a snack at various locations from churches to summer camps and schools.
The program has been running for years but organizers say COVID-19 made them change how they did things.
This year, students are now required to be in person at one of the food sites in order to receive food.
The event has several locations throughout the Dayton area and runs until July 29.
A full list of locations can be found on DPS’ website.