CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Department of Education is looking for organizations to help with programs to feed children during the summer when school is out.

The
agency wants county boards of education, local government agencies and
other nonprofit organizations to participate in the Summer Food Service
Program. The program provides free meals when children ages 18 and
younger don’t have access to school breakfast or lunch programs, the
department said in a news release.

“We
are grateful for those that have stepped up during the COVID-19
pandemic to help our schools feed children, but it is still vitally
important that community partners and organizations participate in the
Summer Food Service Program to ensure these supports continue through
the summer months and that no child goes hungry,” West Virginia
Superintendent of Schools W. Clayton Burch said.

Source: Mountain Top