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Foodbank offers free meals to schoolkids during summer

The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore will provide children free breakfast, lunch, or afternoon snacks in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Accomack.

NORFOLK, Va. — Summer break means many students will miss out on consistent meals they were receiving at school. Fortunately, free meals will be available to children in some Hampton Roads cities over the next couple of months.

As part of the Summer Food Service Program, the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore will provide children free breakfast, lunch, or afternoon snacks in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Accomack on the Eastern Shore.

Free meals will be available beginning June 17 until early to mid-August. Meals will be provided Monday through Friday on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Here's where your kids can grab a free meal this summer.

NORFOLK

  • Grandy Village Boys & Girls Club at 3017 Kimball Terrace
    • June 17 to August 9
    • Lunch 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Afternoon Snack 4:30-5 p.m.
  • Southside Boys & Girls Club, Berkley Unit at 701 Berkley Avenue Extension
    • June 17 to August 16 
    • Breakfast 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. | Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Young Terrace Boys & Girls Club at 804 Whitaker Lane
    • June 17 to August 9
    • Lunch 12 to 1 p.m. | Afternoon Snack 3 to 4 p.m.
  • The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center of Hampton Roads at 1401 Ballentine Boulevard
    • June 17 to August 16
    • Breakfast 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. | Lunch 12:15 to 1 p.m.
  • Diggs Town Boys & Girls Club at 1401 Melon Street
    • June 17 to August 16
    • Lunch noon to 1 p.m. | Afternoon Snack 5 to 6 p.m.

PORTSMOUTH

  • Portsmouth Boys & Girls Club at 5905 Portsmouth Boulevard
    • June 17 to August 16
    • Breakfast 8 to 9 a.m. | Lunch noon to 1 p.m. 

EASTERN SHORE

  • Eastern Shore Boys & Girls Club at 24577 Mary N. Smith Road Accomack
    • June 17 to August 23 
    • Breakfast 8 to 10 a.m. | Lunch 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

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