3 Free Meals A Day For Kids: Get Them Here In Baltimore County

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Kids can receive three free meals every weekday during the school closure period, according to Baltimore County Public Schools. Public school officials made the announcement Tuesday that sites would begin offering breakfast, lunch and dinner for children to take home on Wednesday, March 18.

Due to the new coronavirus, public schools in Baltimore County and across the state are closed from Monday, March 16, through Friday, March 27.

The state requested a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's requirement that children eat together in groups when they receive food through its federal meal program. At more than 40 sites, the Maryland Board of Education is providing "grab and go" items that cover three meals a day starting Wednesday, March 18.

Children 2 to 18 are eligible and must be present to redeem the meal; parents cannot accept food on behalf of children. The meal program is open to all children, not just those enrolled in the Free and Reduced-Price Meals program.

Carney Elementary School, Chadwick Elementary School, Cove Village Apartments—Essex, St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church on Eastern Avenue, Woodmoor Elementary School, Dulaney High School, Kings Point Shopping Center, Rosedale Library and Sollers Point Multi-Purpose Center were just added to the list of places where meals would be distributed, officials said.

Northeast/Central Areas

• Carney ES (as of Wednesday, March 18)
• Dulaney HS (as of Tuesday, March 17)
• Elmwood ES
• Halstead Academy
• Middle River MS
• Oakleigh ES
• Padonia ES
• Parkville HS
• Pleasant Plains ES
• Rosedale Library (as of Tuesday, March 17)
• Stemmers Run MS

Northwest Area

• Featherbed ES
• Glyndon ES
• Owings Mills ES
• Scotts Branch ES
• Woodlawn MS
• Woodmoor ES (as of Wednesday, March 18)

Southeast Area

• Battle Grove ES
• Chesapeake HS
• Cove Village Apartments, Essex, in front of rental office (as of Tuesday, March 17)
• Deep Creek MS
• Dundalk ES
• Dundalk HS
• Hawthorne ES
• Logan ES
• Sandy Plains ES
• Sollers Point Multi-Purpose Center (as of Tuesday, March 17)
• St. Peter Evangelical, Eastern Ave. (as of Wednesday, March 18)
• Sussex ES

Southwest Area

• Arbutus ES
• Baltimore Highlands ES
• Chadwick ES (as of Wednesday, March 18)
• Deer Park MS
• Johnnycake ES
• Kings Point Shopping Center in front of Kiddie Koach (as of Tuesday, March 17)
• Lansdowne HS
• Milbrook ES
• New Town HS
• Riverview ES
• Westchester ES
• Winfield ES

The Maryland Department of Education also created a map tool that people can use to find the meal distribution site closest to them.

The Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks is also offering first-come, first-served meals to children 18 and younger from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays. The Maryland Food Bank and Healthy Food Access St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore will provide the meals, available here:

• Arbutus Community Center, 865 Sulphur Spring Rd., 21227
• Cockeysville PAL Center, 9836 Greenside Dr., 21030
• Dundalk PAL Center, 15 Commerce Pl., 21222
• Hillendale PAL Center, 1111 Halstead Rd., 21234
• Mars Estates PAL Center, 1498 East Homberg Ave., 21221
• Scotts Branch PAL Center, 3651 Rolling Rd., 21244
• Shady Spring PAL Center, 8876 Goldenwood Rd., 21237
• Winfield PAL Center, 8304 Carlson Ln., 21244
• Woodmoor PAL Center, 7111 Croydon Rd., 21207