The Summer Meals Program will begin serving breakfast and lunch on May 26. Meals will be available to children 18 and under at Thomson High Mondays through Thursdays until June 17. Meals will also be available at Maxwell Elementary Mondays through Thursdays until July 2.
Breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. No meal pickup is allowed. All food must be consumed on site. Both sites will be closed on June 18 in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. For additional information, contact David Moton at 706-986-4064.
Outside McDuffie County: There are also programs in surrounding counties that offer summer meals at no cost. Check all these sources to see if there is a meal distribution site in your area. Those looking for summer meal sites can easily find locations through their cell phone or online. Options include:
• Text “FOODGA” to 877877 from a mobile phone beginning June 1 and be provided geographically based results on the closest sites.
• Dial 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479) to find locations.
• Visit https://feedinggeorgia.org/ for a GPS-enabled map of the closet sites.
• Visit https://www.fns.usda.gov/sfsp/sitefinder.
• Visit FoodFinder.
• Visit Food Banks in Georgia to use an interactive map for additional summer meal support.