Bread & Broth 4 Kid’s weekend food program returns to South Lake Tahoe schools

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There are openings available for students in grades pre-K through 8th grade in South Lake Tahoe who need food for the weekend. Bread & Broth resumed its B&B 4 Kids (BBRK) School Year Weekend Food Bag program earlier this month and there is room for more kids to start benefitting from a bag of food each week. The bags contain three dinners, two breakfasts, two lunches, fresh fruit, and protein-enriched snacks to fill the weekend when free school meals aren't available.

These food bags are distributed every Friday at all five pre-K through 8th-grade schools in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District (Bijou Community School, Meyers Elementary School, Sierra House Elementary, Tahoe Valley Elementary, and South Tahoe Middle School) along with students enrolled in the McKinney-Vento program at Lake Tahoe High School and Mt. Tallac Continuation High School. In addition, bags are provided for local child care centers - Community, Head Start, Step by Step Learning Center, Family Resource Center, and Lake Tahoe Community College Child Development Center.

As of last week, over 225 bags were packed and delivered to schools and childcare centers. It is anticipated that this need will increase during the school year with numbers approaching 300 bags per week.

Parents interested in determining eligibility for their child to receive these weekend food bags can contact their child’s school or childcare center office for an application form.

To donate to the B&B 4 Kids Program or to volunteer to help pack and deliver the bags to the schools on Thursday afternoons, visit Bread & Broth’s website at www.breadandbroth.org.