City, Food Bank Offer Free Meals To Aurora Kids Amid Pandemic

AURORA, IL — Parents in Aurora can pick up free meals for their children twice a week after the city partnered with the Northern Illinois Food Bank for a “Meals on the Move” program. Aurora school districts are also continuing their food-drive efforts to help parents and keep students fed throughout the summer amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The city’s program has two pick-ups each week — 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the Phillips Park Visitor Center, 1000 Ray Moses Dr.; and 12-1:30 p.m. Thursdays at McCarty Park, 350 E. Galena Boulevard, according to a news release. The program will be distributing free meals to parents with children 18 and under, the release states.

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West Aurora School District 129 is set to distribute meals from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday-Friday, through Aug. 7, at seven locations: Greenman, Hill, McCleery and Nicholson elementary schools; Jewel and Washington middle schools; and West Aurora High School, the release states.

East Aurora School District 131 hands out meals four days each week, from 9 a.m. to noon Monday-Thursday at four of its schools: Benavides STEAM Academy, Allen Elementary, Cowherd Middle School and East Aurora High School. District 131 has given more than 200,000 meals to students since launching its food-distribution efforts in mid-March after the outbreak of the coronavirus in Illinois. The district will also continue distributing meals along its bus routes.

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Officials from Indian Prairie School District 204 are providing breakfast and lunch to students throughout the summer. Parents can pick up a “drive-and-go” bag each morning at any of the district’s 20-plus elementary schools. Parents are asked to fill out a form on the district’s website so officials can plan how many bags to send to each location.

Community School District 308 has extended its meal-distribution program through the end of June. Officials will distribute two days of meals on Mondays and three days of meals on Wednesdays. Parents can pick up meals from 8:30-10 a.m. at Oswego High School, according to the district’s website.