Garden City Schools summer food program to kick off with BBQ on Friday, May 23

The Garden City Public Schools Summer Food Service program will run June 2 – June 26 to provide summertime meals to children and youth at various locations around the community.  This year the USDA has issued a policy that all school districts work to prevent children from getting meals from more than one site in the community each day. 

There will be a Kick-off BBQ event from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 23 at the Educational Support Center, 1205 Fleming Street.

Families with children 18 years old and under will need to register to pick up a meal at a specific site in the community.  Parents can register at the USD 457 Nutrition Services Office, 1205 Fleming Street, during regular business hours, May 20 – 29.  Parents can also register at the Finney County Library, 605 E Walnut Street on Friday, May 30. Parents will receive a colored tag designating the site along with how many meals that they will be picking up. 

This year’s Mobile Grab and Go sites will be held Monday through Thursday.  The locations and times include:

• 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. at Burnside Frontage, 402 E. Burnside; East Garden Village, 1401 E. US Hwy. 50; and Mary Street Apartments, 305 W. Mary Street. 
• 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. at Ayala Park, 224 N. Taylor Avenue; Farmland Rd., 50 Farmland Rd.; Towns Riverview, 725 Towns Rd.; and Wagon Wheel, 1402 Boots Road.
• 12:30 – 1:00 p.m. at Garden Rapids at the Big Pool, 504 E. Maple Street.

There will be a Summer Kick-off held at the Finney County Library on Friday, May 30 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Parents will be able to eat free at this celebration. There will be Grab and Go meals provided at the library on Fridays and Saturdays only from11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. through August 5, 2025. 

There are also school sites. Food must be eaten on the campus at these sites. They include:

June 2 – 19 at Florence Wilson Elementary School and Gertrude Walker Elementary School: Breakfast from 7:45 – 8:45 a.m. and Lunch from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. 

Garden City High School June 2 – 27: Breakfast from 7:45 – 9:00 a.m. and Lunch from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

Horace Good Middle School June 2 – July 31 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

Students attending summer school and participating in camps, weight lifting, and team training at the high school are exempt. 

The meals are similar to those provided during the school year, which is an entree as well as plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.

The program is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is an equal opportunity provider.

For more information, contact Tracy Johnson at 620-805-7080, or [email protected].