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Most Mason County school districts he Gordon Weeks gordon@masoncounty. com Between March 16 and July 6, the Shelton School District served 57,000 breakfasts and lunches to students made homebound by the coronavirus. The schOol year is over, but Shelton is among the Mason County school dis— tricts that continue to offer meals to families in need during the summer. All children ages 18 and younger in the Shelton School District can re- ceive free “grab and go” breakfasts and lunches between 10:30 a.m. andnoon weekdays through Aug. 31 at Shelton High School and Evergreen Elemen— tary School. Everyone is asked to. stay in the vehicle as staff members deliver the meals. Students must be present to receive meals per children nutrition . guidelines, or have a signed waiver with the parent signature to pick up meals. Meals are limited to one break- fast and one lunch per child per day. The district is serving about 200 breakfasts and 200 lunches each week- day, Kathryn Ward, the district’s direc- tor of food services, wrote in an email to the SheltonlMason County Journal. “At our highest, we served around 900 breakfasts and lunches on a given day — 1,800 total — and had five sites operating additional bus routes,” she wrote. “The numbers were higher when we were having homework packets picked up at sites on Mondays. There has not been much change in clientele, and most people have become familiar to us that we think of them as family.” NORTH MASON All children ages 18 and younger in the North Mason School District are Qumv Thursday, July 9, 2020 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page A—13 E, Haney Nutt, who works for the food service program at Olympic Middle School in Shelton, serves grab-and-go breakfasts and lunches Tuesday outside Shelton High School. All children ages 18 and younger in the dis- trict are eligible for the meals distributed between 10:30 a.m. and noon weekdays through Aug. 31 at the high school and Evergreen Elementary School. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks eligible to receive five days worth of breakfasts and lunches to be picked up between 10 a.m. and noon Wednes- days through Aug. 19 at Belfair Ele- mentary School, 22900 state Route 3. The childrep do not need to be pres- ent to pick up the meals parents, caregivers or siblings can pick them up for the household. Perishable items need to be consumed soon or placed in a refrigerator. For more information, call the' school district at 360-277-2300. GRAPEVIEW . The Grapeview School District pro- vided meals on weekdays .to students from March 18 through June 19. “However, we will not be ofi‘ering WORKMANSHIP! 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An application for the program is lping families with food available at the district’s website un- der the heading “Summer Food Pick Up.” SOUTHSIDE The Southside School District is part ‘of the Shelton School District’s food service in a cooperative agree- ment, said Superintendent Doris Bo- lender. “The food was made available to all our families in our area with school- age children,” she wrote in an email to the Journal. “I heard from our families that they appreciate the locations of the offerings and did not have anyone contact the school with any concerns regarding food service options. We did notify all of the Southside families of the options available to them through our Food Co-op program.” PIONEER . The Pioneer School District’s sum- mer food program was launched on Monday. Families can pick up five days of breakfasts and lunches from 10:30 a.m. to noon Mondays outside Pioneer Elementary School. Families are encouraged to sign up at the district’s website or by calling the districtoffice at 360-426-9115. Between March 18 and June 19, the Pioneer School District served 10,373 breakfasts and lunches to children us- ing school buses and support staff. The district is also promoting the Pandemic-EBT Program so families that qualify for free or reduced price meals can receive additional assis- tance for their children. For more information, go to dshs. wa.gov and type “Washington fami- lies get help to buy food” in the search bar. June 1 —August,31 - 4g Join in the fun for all ages! .0 Facebook Live performers 0 YouTube videos & activities Sign up at TRL.beanstack.org Questions? AskLib@TRL.org or We Chat on TRL.org ‘