PARC Kids Café provides after-school meals in Lafayette Parish

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Kids in Lafayette Parish experiencing food insecurity now have a way to avoid going hungry after school.

Lafayette Consolidated Government’s Park, Arts, Recreation, and Culture Department has partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank for Kids Cafe, to provide after-school meals to children ages 3-18 at eight recreation centers across Lafayette Parish.

The program, which began on Sept. 8, has served 1,400 hot dinners and 1,300 snacks to 128 children across Lafayette Parish, officials said…

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