Free Meals to be Offered for Crystal Lake Youth This Summer

Submission by District 47/Photo credit Northern Illinois Food Bank website

Crystal Lake youth under the age of 18 are invited to enjoy a free lunch Monday through Friday this summer at several Crystal Lake locations.

A new summer meals program, sponsored by Summer Lunch Volunteers and Northern Illinois Food Bank with the support of the Crystal Lake Park District, will offer nutritious lunches at Ladd Park on Devonshire Lane in Crystal Lake. Boxed lunches and milk will be served on-site from 11:30 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday (weather permitting).

Light entertainment will be provided. The program, which is free and open to Crystal Lake youth under the age of 18, starts on June 6 and runs through August 25. For more information about the program, go to http://solvehungertoday.org/get-help/nutrition/child-nutrition-programs/.

Coventry Elementary, located at 820 Darlington Lane in Crystal Lake, will also serve free breakfast and lunch to Crystal Lake youth under the age of 18 during its summer school program, which runs July 25 through August 12. Breakfast will be served Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and lunch will be served from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria. For additional Summer Meals sites or for more information, go to www.SummerMealsIllinois.org, call 800-359-2163 or text FoodIL to 877877.