Westerville Area Kids Lunch Club
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The Kids Lunch Club operates every weekday during the summer and serves free, nutritious meals to kids aged 1-18 who already qualify for free meals during the school year at 10 outdoor locations. After lunch there are planned activities that keep kids educated and active.
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IMPACT. 1: 19,536 lunches + 29,214 weekend meals = 48,750 total meals served to children in need in Summer, 2016 -- 2. Site attendance averaged 359 children a day with 1,714 individual children being served in 2016. -- 3. Through the Governor's Weekend Backpack Program, Mid-Ohio Food Bank as well as donations from individual farmers in our community, the Kids Lunch Club distributed over 80,770 pounds of fresh produce to kids and families at the sites.
OSU PARTNERS: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program; OSU Extension
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Westerville City Schools; City of Westerville; Blendon Township; Westerville Parks and Recreation Department; Columbus Recreation and Parks Department; Westerville Public Library; Northtowne Elementary School; Grace Polaris Church; Alliance Data; Mt. Carmel St. Ann's Hospital; Abbey Lane Apartments; Parkridge Park Apartments; The Brookeville Apartments; Otterbein University; The Ohio State University; Mid-Ohio Food Bank; The Ohio Association of Foodbanks; Governor's Office of Faith Based Initiatives; Ohio Department of Education; Kiwanis Club of Westerville; Rotary Clubs of Westerville; VISTA Summer Associates; McDonald's .... and more!
PRIMARY CONTACT: Deb Wallace (deb@warmwesterville.org)