Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 7, 1 July 2017 — Public schools offer free breakfast [ARTICLE]

Public schools offer free breakfast

Free meals for children 18 and under are available at 63 puhlie schools throughout the state this summer. The Department of Education's summer food program, Seamless Summer Option, is funded by the USDA to ensure low-ineome students have access to nutritious meals throughout the summer. To participate, at least 50 percent of a schools's regularly enrolled students must qualify free or reduced luneh, and the school must offer a summer program. Meal recipients do not have to take a class to be served. To find out whieh schools are participating and when they're serving meals, visit http://www. hawaiipublicschools.org/DOE%20 Forms/Health%20and%20 Nutrition/2017SSOSites.pdf.