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USDA Summer Food Service Program Open Sites

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided, at a first come, first serve basis, at the sites and times as follows:

Blue Hill / 15 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02124 / July 1 – August 16, 2019

Breakfast: 9:00am – 10:00am (school-age program)

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Lunch: 12:00pm – 1:00pm (school-age program)

Exceptions: 7/4 and 7/5 (closed)

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Charlestown / 15 Green Street, Charlestown, MA 02129 / July 1 – August 16, 2019

Breakfast: 8:00am – 9:30am (school-age program)

Lunch: 11:30am – 1:15pm (school-age program)

Exceptions: 7/4 and 7/5 (closed)

Charlestown / 60 High Street, Charlestown, MA 02129 / July 1 – August 16, 2019

Breakfast: 8:45am – 9:45am (teen program)

Lunch: 12:00pm – 1:00pm (teen program)

Exceptions: 7/4 and 7/5 (closed)

Franklin Hill / 5 Shandon Road, Dorchester, MA 02124 / July 1 – August 16, 2019

Breakfast: 9:00am – 10:00am (school-age program)

Lunch: 12:00pm – 1:00pm (school-age program)

Exceptions: 7/4 and 7/5 (closed); 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31, 8/7 and 8/14 (lunch will not be available)

Jordan / 30 Willow Street, Chelsea, MA 02150 / July 1 – August 16, 2019

Breakfast: 9:00am – 10:20am (school-age and teen program)

Lunch: 11:00am – 12:20pm (school-age and teen program)

Exceptions: 7/4 and 7/5 (closed)

Mattapan / 10 Hazelton Street, Mattapan, MA 02126 / July 1 – August 16, 2019

Supper: 2:00pm – 3:00pm (teen program)

Exceptions: 7/4 and 7/5 (closed)

South Boston / 230 W. Sixth Street, South Boston, MA 02127 / July 1 – August 16, 2019

Breakfast: 9:00am – 9:30am (school-age and teen program)

Lunch: 12:00pm – 12:45pm (school-age and teen program)

Exceptions: 7/4 and 7/5 (closed)

Sumner at Irving / Washington Irving Middle School

105 Cummins Highway, Roslindale, MA 02131 / July 8 – August 9, 2019

Breakfast: 8:30am – 9:00am (school-age program)

Lunch: 12:30pm – 1:15pm (school-age program)

Exceptions: 7/11 and 7/18 (lunch will not be available)

Yawkey / 115 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119 / July 1 – August 16, 2019

Breakfast: 8:30am – 9:30am (school-age program)

Lunch: 12:30pm – 1:30pm (school-age program)

Exceptions: 7/4 and 7/5 (closed)

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race,

color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or

(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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