Long Beach Parks to Offer Summer Food Service for Children and Youth

For the 41st year in a row, the City of Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) will offer the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) to provide free, nutritious meals to Long Beach children and youth throughout the summer months. Many families have been affected by COVID and with their children being at home most of the time due to schools and programs being closed. This will be a great program for the youth to access free meals five days a week at 33 locations throughout Long Beach. Thanks to the staff at the Parks, Recreation and Marine and at USDA.

Now through August 21, PRM will provide free meals for children and youth Monday – Friday
11:30am-12:30pm

Meals will be available to all attending children and youth between one and 18 years old.

PRM will conduct a “grab and go” service
The locations for the free lunch program include:

1 Admiral Kidd Park 2125 Santa Fe Ave, 90810
2 Bixby Park 130 Cherry Ave, 90802
3 Cal Rec @ McBride 1550 Martin Luther King Jr Ave, 90813
4 Cesar Chavez Park 401 Golden Ave, 90802
5 Cherry Park 1901 E 45th St, 90807
6 College Estates Park 808 Stevely Ave, 90815
7 Coolidge Park 352 E Neece St, 90805
8 Davenport Park 2910 E 55th Way, 90805
9 Deforest Park 6255 De Forest Ave, 90805
10 Drake Park 951 Maine Ave, 90813
11 El Dorado Park 2800 N Studebaker Rd, 90815
12 Freeman Community Center 1205 Freeman Ave, 90804
13 Grace Park 361 E Plymouth St, 90805
14 Heartwell Park 5801 Parkcrest St, 90808
15 Houghton Park 6301 Myrtle Ave, 90805
16 Leeway Sailing Center 5437 E Ocean Blvd, 90803
17 MacArthur Park 1321 E Anaheim St, 90813
18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Park 1950 Lemon Ave, 90806
19 Orizaba Park 1435 Orizaba Ave, 90804
20 Pan American Park 5157 E Centralia St, 90808
21 Ramona Park 3301 E 65th St, 90805
22 Recreation Park 4900 E 7th St, 90804
23 Scherer Park 4600 Long Beach Blvd, 90805
24 Seaside Park 440 W Cowles St, 90813
25 Silverado Park 1545 W 31st St, 90810
26 Somerset Park 1500 E Carson St, 90807
27 Stearns Park 4520 E 23rd St, 90815
28 Veterans Park 101 E 28th St, 90806
29 Wardlow Park 3457 Stanbridge Ave,
30 Whaley Park 5620 E Atherton St, 90815

For more info click the link below:
http://www.longbeach.gov/park/recreation-programs/programs-and-classes/youth-and-teen-programs/usda-summer-food-program/

Cabrillo High School will be having a drive-thru food distribution and nutrition education event. This Saturday, June 20 from 9 am-12 pm
by the City of Long Beach that is partnering with Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and Cal Fresh Healthy Living.

By Karina M.