District 86 Providing Meals For Students During Remote Learning

From Joliet Public Schools District 86:

Joliet Public Schools District 86 is offering free grab-and-go meals for students in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade who are registered for remote learning in District 86. The meals are available for curbside pick-up on Mondays and Thursdays at Hufford and Washington Junior High Schools from 6:30 until 7:30 a.m. and from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Dirksen, Gompers, Hufford, and Washington Junior High Schools.

Monday meals include enough food for three breakfasts and three lunches and Thursday meals provide food for two breakfasts and two lunches. Student names are required at the pick-ups. Monday, September 7th pick-up will take place on Tuesday, September 8th, due to the Labor Day holiday.

The distributions will occur in the Midland Avenue (south of Jefferson Street) parking lot at Dirksen, the Briggs Street (south of U.S. 6) parking lot at Gompers, the Ingalls Avenue (west of Larkin Avenue) parking lot at Hufford, and the Fourth Avenue parking lot (east of Richards Street) at Washington Junior High School.

District 86 has provided 420,090 meals for children since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

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