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MEXICO — Meals are now available free Monday-Friday to anyone 18 years and younger at the Mexico Public Library and the Calvin Wells Memorial Field in Buckfield through Aug. 16 as part of the Summer Food Service program.
Lunch only is available through Aug. 16; on Monday, July 8, meals will begin at Rumford Elementary School, free Monday-Friday to anyone 18 years and younger. Breakfast and lunch will be sesrved there through Aug. 2. No meals will be served Thursday, July 4.
RSU #10’s Summer Food Service program help students stay healthy and return to school ready to learn. The program is federally-funded and administered by the Maine Department of Education. Children who are part of households that receive food stamps or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) are automatically eligible to receive free meals.
Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all, regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided at the sites and times as follows:
* Rumford Public Library, lunch only, noon to 12:45 p.m.
* Mexico Public Library, lunch only, noon to 12:45 p.m.
* Calvin Wells Playground – Buckfield, lunch only, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
* Rumford Elementary School, breakfast from 8 to 8:45 a.m.; lunch 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
All meals must be eaten on site.
