CAPK calls for community support amid increased food insecurity<\/a><\/p>\nAccording to a release, the free meals program is intended to help bridge the gap for children who are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity after school.<\/p>\n
The release said, \u201cAccording to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, millions of children nationwide rely on free or reduced-price school meals during the day. However, when the school day ends, many students go home to empty refrigerators or parents still at work. After-school meal programs provide a reliable, healthy meal that supports working families, reduces food insecurity, and helps youth stay engaged in safe, structured activities during critical after-school hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Club also offers opportunities such as reading and recreational activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe call them enrichment activities,\u201d said Chelsea Dow, Nutrition Coordinator at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County. \u201cThey support our goal of helping kids eat well, stay active, and live healthy lives in a fun, engaging way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meals will be served Monday to Friday (except holidays) at the sites listed below:<\/p>\n
Armstrong Youth Center
801 Niles Street Bakersfield, CA 93305
Supper (3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Snack (5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)<\/p>\n
David Head Center
10300 San Diego Street Lamont, CA 93241
Supper (2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n
Lamont Club
8301 Segrue Road Lamont, CA 93241
Snack (2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)\\
Supper (4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)<\/p>\n
Riverview Southern Baptist Church
410 Beardsley Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93308
Supper (2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n
Stockdale Club
5207 Young Street, Ste. 200 Bakersfield, CA 93311
Supper (3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Snack (5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)<\/p>\n
Wasco PAL
1276 Birch Avenue Wasco, CA 93280
Supper (3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County\u2019s Nutrition Program is offering free meals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-32193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}