The Clarke County School Nutrition program will pack and serve lunch meals to select sites around the community this summer! This year, students will be able to make choices from carefully packed coolers and insulated hot boxes.  This means, students will get to select at a minimum three of the five menu items that will be offered.  Most days, the menu will consist of an entree choice, a fruit choice, two vegetable choices, and milk.  Students will not have to take one of everything, but they will need to make a selection that meets our meal requirements.  Trained SN staff will be onsite to serve meals to ensure that meals selected meet the guidelines set by USDA.

All meals will continue to be offered at no cost to children ages 0 - 18 years of age.

Summer Meal Dates: Monday, June 3rd - Friday, June 28th  (Please note: CCSD is closed on Wednesday, June 19th, so we will not provide meals on this day)

Summer Meal Service Times: 11:00am - 1:00pm

Length of Meal Service: 20 - 30 minutes per site

All meals will be prepared at Clarke County School District kitchens under the supervision of current SN Managers.  Meals will be delivered to sites outlined below.  SN Foodservice Team members will handle meal service at all mobile meal sites.

Mobile Meals Route #1:

Production Site: Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School

• 11:40pm: YMCA of Athens
  • Meals will be served from the bus garage, which is located on the right side of the campus next to the playgrounds when looking at the YMCA facility from Hawthorne Ave.

Mobile Meals Route #2:

Production Site: Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School

• 11:30am: New Grove Baptist Church
  
  • Meals will be served from the covered entrance/exit beside the church.
• 12:15pm: Aaron Heard Park
  • Meals will be served from the SN van right outside the entrance/exit to the Community Center's gymnasium.

Mobile Meals Route #3:

Production Site: Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary

• 11:15am: First AME Church
  • Meals will be served from the van along the side of the church's parking lot.
• 11:45am: Rocksprings Park
  • Meals will be served from the van in the front parking lot that sits by the Community Center.
• 12:15pm: Lay Park Community Center
  • Meals will be served just outside the entrance/exit to the Community Center's gymnasium.

Interested summer meal sites may contact the School Nutrition Central Office at 706.354.1138.  If you would like to partner with our program to get summer lunch meals for your program, please fill out the "Summer Meal Site Contact Information Form."

Form Submission Deadline: Friday, May 3, 2024 

Mandatory Meal Site Training: TBD

Meal Site Points to Consider:

• Allowing students to make choices will reduce waste, and hopefully, increase consumption.  However, we will need to work together to develop a system that allows choices to be made in an organized and efficient manner.  
• Brainstorm with your site teams to determine if there is a location at your facility where our bus or van could pull up and be mostly covered as well as mostly shaded to allow us to serve meals even in inclement weather.
• SN will handle meal service, but adults assisting with the site will need to be present to help children line up, make selections, and a camper attendance record each day.

February - March 2024:

• Gather commitments from sites within the community
• Finalize summer menu offerings
• Submit product usage to vendors

April 2024:

• Develop meal service routes
• Share meal service times with summer meal sites
• Develop and plan mandatory training for operators of summer meal sites

May 2024:

• Coordinate initial summer meal orders
• Communicate mandatory requirements for operators of summer meal sites as well as delivery times for summer meals

June 2024:

• Start feeding students as part of a new, broader summer meal mobile feeding program
• Monitor compliance of USDA rules and regulations