Schools have been closed the last few days while San Francisco teachers are on strike. That means no school lunch. Local organizations are filling in the gaps. <\/p>\n
The Community Youth Center of San Francisco (OR CYC), is a nonprofit with a few locations around the city, including in Chinatown at the Willie \u201cWoo Woo\u201d Wong Playground.<\/p>\n
Just around the corner from the playground on Waverly Place adults and kids lined up yesterday to get a free lunch.<\/p>\n
CYC is one of the community organizations working with the city to distribute meals during the teachers strike.<\/p>\n
Two students were there early, before the door opened. They told me they heard about the free food on the district\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
A parent in line said they didn\u2019t have time to cook for their kids who are home during the strike.<\/p>\n
A CYC staff member asked for peoples\u2019 names, grades and schools and then handed each person a carton of milk and a bag of food, which included bread, an orange, nuts, and carrots.<\/p>\n
About 10 minutes after the doors opened, a couple dozen people had picked up food. Then it started to rain and the line dissipated.<\/p>\n