CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga began its Free Summer Food Program for kids up to 18 years old in our area on Tuesday.
This is a way for us to provide a really critical resource for our community when kids aren’t in school. So normally, these kids might be receiving, you know, breakfast and lunch in their school during the school year, those resources don’t exist in the summer, said Paula Irwin, Branch Executive Director for the James A. Henry Community YMCA.
Children across Bradley, Hamilton, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie counties, and Walker and Catoosa counties in North Georgia are eligible to participate in this first-come, first-serve meal program.
Volunteers and staff members at the J.A. Henry Community YMCA, prepare, pack and deliver 300,000 meals annually, and about 3,000 meals a day during the summer…