- February 20, 2025
Last year, Flagler Schools served up almost 55,000 free meals to children during its Summer Food Service Program. The program returns this summer from June 9 to Aug. 1 and is open to all children 18 and under.
The meals were served at 12 sites last year. In addition to school sites, community groups and churches also participate to serve meals to children in their summer programs.
“This is an option not just at schools,” said Matthew Mounkes, Flagler Schools food services community engagement specialist. “The food program is open to everybody. The schools supply the food. We want to make sure the community knows this resource is available, not just for the families, but for the community organizations (who want to participate).”
For more information, contact Mounkes at [email protected] or call 386-437-7526.
Flagler Schools also will participate in the School Nutrition Association’s National School Breakfast Week, March 3-7. Breakfast and lunch are free throughout the school year at all the schools in the district. During National School Breakfast Week, the cafeterias will be decorated according to this year’s theme — Clue Into School Breakfast — and there will be giveaways and prizes, Mounkes said.
“Last year, the theme was, ‘Surf’s Up with School Breakfast,’ and we served shark-shaped chicken nuggets with waffles,” Mounkes said. “We want to get the word out about our free breakfasts, because kids tend to perform better on tests with a good breakfast.”
