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A volunteer at John Muir High School hands out a lunch box (Photo – inspire2022)
The popular Grab-and-Go emergency meal program for students and families has been extended.
By News Desk
Thanks to an additional $105,400 funding approved by Pasadena City Council at their April 20 council meeting, the program will continue seven days a week through May 17, 2020.
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) has been distributing pre-packaged, nutritious grab-and-go meals to students 18 and under, Monday through Friday, at school sites across the city since mid-March.
25,000 lunches
Soon after the start of the program, the City of Pasadena partnered with the school district to expand meal service to weekends for students and their families. Weekend staffing is provided by the Pasadena Center and Rose Bowl Operating Companies. So far, nearly 25,000 lunches have been distributed.
At John Muir High School (Photo – inspire2022)
Distribution sites
Meals are distributed 9:00 am to 11:00 a.m., seven days a week, at the following PUSD sites:
- Eliot Arts Magnet Academy
2184 N. Lake Ave.
Altadena, CA - Field Elementary
3600 E. Sierra Madre Blvd.
Pasadena, CA - John Muir Early College Magnet High School
1905 Lincoln Ave.
Pasadena, CA - Madison Elementary
515 Ashtabula St.
Pasadena, CA - McKinley K-8 School
325 S Oak Knoll Ave.
Pasadena, CA - Norma Coombs Elementary
2600 Paloma St.
Pasadena, CA - Wilson Middle School
300 S. Madre St.
Pasadena, CA
Food Banks
At the April 20 City Council meeting, councilmembers also approved funding for seven local food banks, as well as the San Gabriel Valley YWCA senior meal delivery program. A list of local food banks and meal programs is available at the Pasadena’s Food Banks and Meal Programs link.
Weekend Rose Bowl Support
The Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation established a COVID-19 Community Response Fund on March 28. The Rose Bowl Stadium, in partnership with its concessionaire Levy Restaurants, has handed out over 3,100 boxed lunches to local PUSD students and families each weekend. Tax-deductible gifts can be made at RoseBowlResponseFund.org.
Source: City of Pasadena
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