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El Dorado LunchBox: Summer Meals for Kids
Summer Highlights: 2013
Free Daily Lunch Sacks: Monday - Thursday, 7/1 - 8/8
For all children under age 18, including babies and toddlers.
1953 lunches distributed over the noon hour at Skelly School.
USD shuttle buses brought children from other schools.
Up to 160 kids given a lunch sack each day + an extra lunch on Thursdays.
Childrens Books: Tuesdays children took home a free book
Need Based Weekend Foodpacks : June 3 - August 8 Up to 128 children received free Foodpacks on Thursdays for 10 weeks.
Over 200 children served in 75 households this summer.
Ages ranged from 6 mo. to 17 (57 age 4 & under / 58 age 10 & older).
Foodpacks contained 3 lunches plus foods for other meals.
1134 Foodpackspassed out included 3400 lunches and other meals.
Numana, Inc. & Numana Gardens contributed additional foods. Fresh produce from Numana Gardens, including: carrots, corn,
cucumbers, cantaloupe and green beans
360 easy to cook beans & rice meal packages (3240 servings)
Disposal aprons, plastic gloves & hair restraints
Additional food and other donations. First Baptist Church, El Dorado - goodies, baby food & diapers
GIV Warehouse, United Way of the Plains - books, hygiene & other items
Art of Life Chiropractic - food
First United Methodist Church - crayons & activity sheets
Head Start of El Dorado - crayons, activity pages
Kansas Food Bank (fresh corn, nectarines)
Gently used books donated by many El Dorado residents
Logo designed by Trisha Menadue
Frisbees donated by the Riddle family
Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas - paid 5 teens to work forthe program this summer (the LunchBoxers)
Information flyers & brochures Health Dept. of Butler County
Extension Office of Butler County
Posters, outreach flyers & bus schedules Butler Community College
Commerce Bank, El Dorado
Emprise Bank, El Dorado
USD 490
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