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Summer School Meal Program Details In Bensalem

Free breakfast and lunch will be offered starting next week by the Bensalem Township School District.

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA — The Bensalem Township School District will roll out its summer school meal program next week.

Children can enjoy free breakfast and lunch provided by the Bensalem Township School District Food Service Department starting Monday.

The district is sponsoring the Summer Food Service Program, a federally funded nutrition program, open to all children from ages 1 to 18.

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There is no application necessary. All children are invited to come to the designated sites and enjoy the meals, school officials said.

The program ensures that all children can eat healthy during the summer months. Meals will also be delivered throughout the township via the “Owls on the Go” Summer Lunch Bus.

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Menus are available at www.bensalemsd.org/summermeals...

Children must eat on site at the Belmont, Faust, and Valley elementary schools, and the Shafer Middle School cafeteria.

Here is the school meal schedule:

June 23 to Aug. 7 (Monday-Thursday)

  • Breakfast: 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
  • Lunch: 11 a.m. ti 12:30 p.m.

Cornwells Elementary School and Snyder Middle School (Meals in the Cafeteria)

June 30 to July 31 (Monday-Thursday, Closed on July 3)

  • Breakfast: 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
  • Lunch: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

“OWLS ON THE GO” SUMMER LUNCH BUS

June 23 to Aug. 7 (Monday-Thursday)

  • The bus will be at each stop for 30 minutes, serving meals for the first 20 minutes.
  • Children must eat in the renovated, air-conditioned bus.

BUS #1

  • 10:30 a.m.–11 a.m. — Salem Crossing off Street Road
  • 11:10am – 11:40am - Townhomes @ Gateway, Richelieu Road Entrance
  • 11:50am – 12:20pm – Hunter’s Creek Apartments
  • 12:30pm – 1:00pm - Intersection of Boston and Spruce Avenues

BUS #2

  • 10:30am – 11:00am - Imagination Land Playground - Parking Lot by Playground
  • 11:10am – 11:40am - Franklin Commons Apartments, Bobolink Drive by Pool
  • 11:50am – 12:20pm - Hidden Valley, Cowcross Road by Euston & Maltese Court
  • 12:30pm – 1:00pm - Intersection of Portside & Leeward Drive

For additional information, please visit: www.bensalemsd.org/summermeals...

You can also visit https://www.fns.usda.gov/summe... for a complete listing of sites in PA or call 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-877-8-Hambre).

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