Meals for Kids

Here is additional information about our school closure meal plan for the coming week, Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 20.  We will provide a bagged lunch along with a bagged breakfast according to the following schedule.

* Monday:         Monday’s breakfast & lunch and Tuesday’s breakfast

* Tuesday:         Tuesday’s lunch and Wednesday’s breakfast

* Wednesday:     Wednesday’s lunch and Thursday’s breakfast

* Thursday:         Thursday’s lunch and Friday’s breakfast

* Friday:         Friday’s lunch

All breakfasts will include fruit and milk. All lunches will include fruit, vegetable, and milk. Alternative lunch options will be available daily:
Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches
Sun butter & jelly sandwiches
Gluten free breakfast & lunch option will also be available.

“Before placing your order, please inform your server if a person in your party has a food allergy.”

In accordance with federal and civil rights law and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. 

THIS INSTITUTION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER.

March 16: Breakfast - Whole Grain & Juice; Lunch - Turkey & cheese sandwich with lettuce and tomato
March 17: Breakfast — Whole grain & cheese stick; Lunch - Cheeseburger with Lettuce and Tomato
March 18: Breakfast - Whole grain cereal & juice; Lunch - Turkey & cheese sandwich with lettuce and tomato
March 19: Breakfast — Cinnamon rolls with cheese stick; Lunch - Chicken Sandwich with lettuce and tomato
March 20: Breakfast — Breakfast - Whole grain cereal & juice; Lunch - Turkey & cheese sandwich with lettuce and tomato Meals will be available at the following sites, at the following times:

* Turners Falls High School/GFMS – Front entrance 11:20-11:50 am

Yellow Kuzmeskus school buses will be distributing along these routes:

* Route 1

o   Hillcrest Elementary (student drop off parking lot)     11:20 – 11:50 am

o   Unity Park parking lot     11:55 am – 12:30 pm

o   Lake Pleasant Rutter’s Park    12:45 – 1 pm

* Route 2

o   Montague Center Town Common    11:30 – 11:45 am

o   Millers Falls (Franklin Street – near Carroll)    12 – 12:20 pm

o   Sheffield Elementary (main parking lot)     12:30 – 1 pm

* Route 3

o   Montague Catholic Social Ministries, Turners Falls    11:20 -11:35 am

o   Ervingside Park near Fire Station        11:45 am -12:00 pm

o   Erving Center (Church Street Park near Fire Station)    12:15 – 12:30 pm

o   Four Winds School Riverside, Gill     12:45 – 1:05 pm

o   The Brick house, Turners Falls        1:10 – 1:30 pm

Who can participate?

Anyone 18 years of age or younger who comes to a distribution site will be provided bagged breakfast and lunch.  No proof of income, residency or age is required.  

Is it safe?

Yes, the food is being prepared in sanitary conditions by our ServSafe certified food service staff, and the bagged meals are being distributed in the grab & go format, once per day, to follow social distancing protocols.  We are following appropriate hand washing, sanitizing and glove wearing procedures.   If you do these things, it will help make it safer:

* Wash or sanitize your hands before you get your meal

* Try not to touch your face or other people 

* Keep social distancing practices in mind at the sites

How did GMRSD choose the meal distribution sites?

The sites selected were informed by the need to operate the program within locations that qualify under state and federal subsidized meal programs. If you have any question about this program please contact Director of Business and Operations, Joanne Blier at 863-3251 or joanne.blier@gmrsd.org   or Heather Holmes, Food Service Director at 863-7506.