Free Lunch Available For Kids This Summer In LA County At 24 Participating Libraries
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) -- Free lunch will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis at Los Angeles County libraries starting on June 16.
The lunches are available for no-contact pick-up for people 18 years old and younger at 24 library locations Tuesdays through Fridays, 12 p.m.-1 p.m from June 16 to August 7. There will be no pick-up on July 3 in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. There are no family income restrictions.
L.A. County Library made an announcement last week on Twitter:
Grab a free lunch for teens and children through our Lunch at the Library program with @lacountyparks. Available for non-contact pickup Tuesdays - Fridays, 12 - 1 pm, from Jun 16 – Aug 7 at 24 library locations. For more info: https://t.co/P2smhwheeX pic.twitter.com/fkGPXghvW8
— LA County Library (@LACountyLibrary) June 12, 2020
The following libraries are participating in the free summer lunch program:
- A C Bilbrew Library
- Angelo M. Iacoboni Library
- Baldwin Park Library
- Carson Library
- Compton Library
- El Camino Real Library
- El Monte Library
- Hawthorne Library
- Huntington Park Library
- La Puente Library
- Lake Los Angeles Library
- Lancaster Library
- Lawndale Library
- Leland R Weaver Library
- Lennox Library
- Los Nietos Library
- Lynwood Library
- Paramount Library
- Quartz Hill Library
- Rowland Heights Library
- San Fernando Library
- San Gabriel Library
- South Whittier Library
Since 2015, LA County Library has led the Lunch at the Library program to provide nutritious lunches for kids and teens throughout the summer months through a partnership with the county's Parks and Recreation department.
The program is supported by a grant from the California State Library and backed by the California Summer Meal Coalition and California Library Association.
For more information, visit www.lacountylibrary.org/SummerLunch/