There are a dozen Dallas Public Library branches offering lunches for children under the age of 18 at no charge until August 11.
In addition to free lunches, some locations will also provide breakfast or a snack at certain times and days throughout the week.
Nine participating locations will offer only lunch:
- Dallas West, Tuesdays through Thursdays, noon to 1 p.m.
- Grauwyler Park, Wednesdays, noon to 1 p.m.
- Highland Hills, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- Kleberg-Rylie Branch, Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 12:30 p.m.
- Martin Luther King, Mondays through Fridays, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
- Pleasant Grove, Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 12:45 p.m.
- Timberglen, Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 1 p.m.
- Vickery Park, Mondays through Fridays, 3:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
- White Rock Hills, Tuesdays through Thursdays, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Only one location will offer both breakfast and lunch:
- Prairie Creek, Mondays through Fridays, breakfast: 9:30 a.m., lunch: noon to 1 p.m.
Two participating locations will offer lunch and a snack later on in the day:
- Hampton-Illinois, Tuesdays through Thursdays, lunch: 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., snack: 3:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
- Skyline, Mondays through Fridays, lunch: noon to 1 p.m., snack: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The program will work in partnership with the non-profit hunger organization Education Potential Verified, which is based in Dallas.
Another organization working to alleviate hunger in the metroplex is the North Texas Food Bank, which distributed a record 136.9 million meals to those in need last fiscal year, as previously reported in The Dallas Express.
Through the lunch program, the City is also hoping to increase engagement with its summer enrichment activities, such as the SMART Summer reading challenge, science programs, and guest performances.
The meals are being provided by the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program, which also helped provide 4,455 lunches to children last summer at 15 participating branches.
The program does not require registration prior to obtaining a lunch, according to The City of Dallas.
