With the school year officially over, the Food Bank of Northern Nevada is kicking off its Kids Cafe summer program.
The program offers children aged two to eighteen free meals since they won't be able to get meals at school during the week.
The food bank says that the number of people in need is still continuing to grow in our community.
"We have seen our number of families needing our help skyrocket over the last year. We are helping about 153,000 people every single month, and those numbers are going up a little bit every single month," said Jocelyn Lantrip, director of marketing for the Food Bank of Northern Nevada.
Because so many people utilize this resource, there are going to be 27 locations throughout the Reno-Sparks area.
There is no paperwork of forms necessary for children to qualify, but you must eat the food on site.
For one mother, this program has been a big help for her over the last few years.
"Summers are tough because usually during the school year we have school meals provided so this is a nice little extra, especially with the economics the way that they are just having that extra snack time just helps for moods and hunger," said Shannon Clark.
This program will run through the beginning of August.
The food bank says that meals will be provided every day of the week, and some sites will offer food on Saturdays.
To find out more about the Kids Cafe schedule and locations, you can visit fbnn.org.
