Good news for area students and their families: Menominee Indian School District
(MISD) will once again offer a Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), provides free, nutritious breakfast and lunch meals to children during the summer, as well as those attending MISD’s Summer School Program. Free meals will also be available to eligible children 18 years of age and under, as well as those over 18 who are determined by a state or local public educational agency to be mentally or physically disabled and who also participate in a public or private non-profit school program during the regular school year. Adults may eat if accompanying their children at a cost of $4.00 per meal.
“This is a tremendously popular program and we’re pleased to be able to offer it again this year,” saidMISD Business Manager/Food Service Manager Robert Ferguson. “The program ensures area youngstershave the opportunity to eat nutritious meals even when the regular school year is not in session.”
Program details include:
The Keshena Primary School cafeteria will be the site of the free meal program
The program will run Mondays through Fridays, June 17 through July 19, with the exception of July 4 and 5 when the cafeteria will be closed
Breakfast will be served between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m.
Lunch will be served between 11 a.m. and Noon
All meals must be eaten on site
Meals are provided to eligible children regardless of race, color, national origin, age, gender or disability and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
