Extra Food for Kids Through the Summer Food Program

Beverly Bootstraps’ Summer Food Program, which provides food for school aged children, will start on Monday, June 25. Often over the summer, when school is out and the free and reduced school breakfast and lunch program is not available,

families have a difficult time squeezing the cost of additional food into an already tight budget. The goal is to ensure that all children have healthy meal options available this summer.

Families with children will be able to visit the Beverly Bootstraps Food Pantry every week, instead of every other, between June 25 and August 31, during its expanded summer hours of Monday from 10:00am to 1:00pm; Tuesday from 4:00pm to 6:45pm; Wednesday from 10:00am to 12:15pm; Thursday from 10:00am to 1:00pm; Friday from 10:00am to 12:15pm.

Pre-registration is encouraged and can be done during the weeks of June 11 through 15 or June 18 through 22 during the following hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00am to 10:00am and Tuesday from 3:45pm to 4:30pm. No appointment is necessary for pre-registration. Please bring children’s birth certificate, Social Security card, or report card as well as current proof of residency (piece of mail addressed to you within the last 2 weeks).

No child should go hungry this summer.

Details about summer lunches at the parks and Beverly High School was not available at the time of publication. Please contact the Beverly Public Schools Food Services Department directly for more information.