Lexington-Richland School District Five Summer Food Service Program begins June 11

For Immediate Release – Jun 4, 2018

Lexington-Richland School District Five Summer Food Service Program begins June 11

IRMO – Lexington-Richland School District Five is participating in the Summer Food Service Program again this year.

Last summer, School District Five served over 59,000 meals. These meals typically are provided to families who struggle to provide balanced meals to their children in the summer months. For the most part, these are the same families that participate in the district’s free and reduced lunch program during the school year.  

Todd Bedenbaugh, School District Five’s Director of Student Nutrition, simply stated, “Poverty does not take a break in the summer and neither do we.”

The program will begin on June 11 and end on August 3. Meals will not be offered on Fridays or during the week of July 2, 2018. All children ages 2-18 are eligible for the service. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided, at a first come, first serve basis.

Open sites for all children between the ages of 2 and 18 are as follows:

Edventure’s Children Museum Lunch 11:00 – 1:00 Snack 3:30 – 4:00

211 Gervais St., Columbia

Irmo High School - Breakfast 7:30-9:00 Lunch 11:30-1:00                                                                                                                                                   6671 St. Andrews Rd., Columbia

Dutch Fork High School - Lunch 11:30-12:30                                                                                                                                   1400 Old Tamah Rd., Irmo

Harbison West Elementary School- Breakfast 9:00-9:30 Lunch 12:15-12:45

257 Crossbow Drive, Columbia, **Program dates are June 18-July 26 **

In addition to the sites listed above, other organizations are participating in the Summer Food Service Program. However, these are closed sites that aren’t open to the general public. They are as follows:

Elevate-Columbia First Nazarene Church                                                                                                          

H.E. Corley Champs Academy                                                                                                                               

Irmo Elementary Honey Bunch of Champs  

Irmo Middle School                                                                                       

River’s Edge Retreat                                                                                                                                         

Seven Oaks Park                                                                                                                                                   

St. Paul AME Youth Enrichment Academy                                                                                                          

YMCA-Northeast location  

Please call Todd Bedenbaugh with any questions at 803-476-8152.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.