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FWCS sponsors Food Summer Service Program for Children again this year, 38 sites

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) – Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) is sponsoring the Summer Food Service Program for Children (SFSPC) again this year.

The program provides free meals to all children ages 18 and younger, and to adults who are enrolled in a state-approved educational program for the mentally and physically disabled.

Meals are served Monday through Friday at 38 sites across the city-wide area. Most sites opened June 4 and will remain open through Friday, July 27, though some dates may vary based on location.

Lunch sites, including time and location are as follows:

Community Sites – 

  • Cooper Center (Creighton Avenue & Lafayette Street)
    • Lunch: 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:30-2:45 p.m.
  • Family Ed Center (909 E. State Blvd., Building G)
    • Lunch: 12:30-1 p.m.
  • Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo Camp (600 Franke Park Drive)
    • Lunch: 11 a.m. – Noon
    • Snack 2-2:15 p.m.
  • Hamilton Park (Spring and Jessie streets)
    • Lunch: 11:30-12:30 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:30-2:45 p.m.
  • Hessen Cassel Library (3030 E. Paulding Road)
    • Lunch: 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
    • Snack: 3-3:15 p.m.
  • Jennings Center (1330 McCulloch Street)
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:30-2:45 p.m.
  • Lafayette Park (Lafayette Street and Glencoe Avenue)
    • Lunch: 11 a.m. – Noon
    • Snack: 2-2:15 p.m.
  • Lakeside Park (Lake and Vermont avenues)
    • Lunch: 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:45-3 p.m.
  • Little Turtle Library (2201 Sherman Blvd.)
    • Lunch: 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:15-2:30 p.m.
  • Main Library (900 Library Plaza)
    • Lunch: 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:45-3 p.m.
  • McMillen Park Community Center (Oxford and Abbett streets)
    • Lunch: Noon – 1 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:15-2:30 p.m.
  • McMillen Park (Oxford and Abbett streets)
    • Lunch: 12:15-1:15 p.m.
  • Memorial Park (Maumee Street and Glasgow Avenue)
    • Lunch: 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:15-2:30 p.m.
  • Packard Park (Fairfield and Kinsmoor avenues)
    • Lunch: 11 a.m. – Noon
    • Snack: 2-2:15 p.m.
  • Pontiac Library (2215 S. Hanna Street)
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:45-3 p.m.
  • Shawnee Library (5601 Noll Avenue)
    • Lunch: 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:15-2:30 p.m.
  • Tecumseh Library (1411 E. State Blvd.)
    • Lunch: Noon – 1 p.m.
    • Snack: 3-3:15 p.m.
  • Weisser Park Youth Center (Hanna and Drexel avenues)
    • Lunch: 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
    • Snack: 2:45-3 p.m.
  • Wellspring Camp Plymouth Congregational Church (501 W. Berry Street)
    • Lunch: 12:45-1:15 p.m.
  • Wellspring Camp St. Mary Catholic Church (1101 S. Lafayette Street)
    • Lunch: 12:45-1:15 p.m.
  • Wellspring Camp Salvation Army (2901 N. Clinton Avenue)
    • Lunch: 12:45-1:15 p.m.
  • Wellspring Camp Trinity English Lutheran Church (405 W. Wayne Street)
    • Lunch: 12:45-1:15 p.m.
  • Wellspring Camp Trinity Episcopal Church (611 W. Berry Street)
    • Lunch: 12:45-1:15 p.m.

School Sites – 

  • Abbett Elementary (4325 Smith Street)
    • Breakfast: 8-8:30 a.m.
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – Noon
  • Brentwood Elementary (3710 Stafford Drive)
    • Breakfast: 8-8:30 a.m.
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – Noon
  • Fairfield Elementary (2825 Fairfield Avenue)
    • Breakfast: 8-8:30 a.m.
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – Noon
  • Forest Park Elementary (2004 Alabama Avenue)
    • Breakfast: 8-8:30 a.m.
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – Noon
  • Franke Park Elementary (828 Mildred Avenue)
    • Breakfast: 8-8:30 a.m.
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – Noon
  • Harrison Hill Elementary (355 Cornell Circle)
    • Breakfast: 8-8:30 a.m.
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – Noon
  • Harris Elementary (ESY Camp) (4501 Thorngate Drive)
    • Snack: 9:45-10:15 a.m.
  • Harris Elementary (YMCA) (4501 Thorngate Drive)
    • Snack: 4-4:25 p.m.
  • Indian Village Elementary (3835 Wenonah Lane)
    • Breakfast: 8-8:30 a.m.
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – Noon
  • Portage Middle School (3521 Taylor Street)
    • Breakfast: 8-8:30 a.m.
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – Noon
  • Snider High School (4600 Fairlawn Pass)
    • Breakfast: 7:45-8 a.m.
    • Lunch: 1-1:15 p.m.
  • Waynedale Elementary (7201 Elzey Street)
    • Breakfast: 8-8:30 a.m.
    • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – Noon

The Lunch Bus – 

  • Ridgebrook Mobile Home (2737 Ridgebrook Blvd.)
    • Lunch: 11-11:30 a.m.
  • Countryside Village Mobile Home Park (76 Country Forest Drive)
    • Lunch: 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
  • Archer’s Pointe Apartments (262 W. Washington Center Blvd.)
    • Lunch: 12:30-1 p.m.

To find a site near you, text “SUMMER MEALS” to 97779. You can also text “FOOD” or “COMIDA” to 877877.

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