Cobb County School District: Keeping Students Fed: Millions Of Meals Served

Press release from the Cobb County School District:

Jan. 13, 2021

Since school started in August, the Cobb Schools Food and Nutrition team has packed more than 1.1 million meal kits for remote students. That is on top of the meals the team has dished up for face-to-face learners, which totals more than 1.8 million.

The meals for remote and face-to-face students are provided to students at no cost. Families also do not need to pre-order student meal kits, which include items that can be reheated at home. Reheating instructions and a menu are included with the meal kits. Menus for meal kits and in-person meals are also available on the Food and Nutrition website.

Families can pick up meal kits every week at locations throughout the District. Pickups scheduled for January 13 included about 100 school locations. For the most updated list of locations and pick up times, families should check here every week.

Although the student meals are currently available at no cost, families who have not already applied for Free or Reduced-Priced benefits should apply today.

In addition to the free breakfasts and lunches for students, families can order family dinners and adult-only kits through the MyPaymentsPlus.com website. Families have already dished up 1,855 dinners prepared by Cobb’s Food and Nutrition team.

This press release was produced by the Cobb County School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.