Area Recreation Centers Offer Free Lunches to Poor Children

Free lunches will be served to children in economically disadvantaged areas on weekdays through Aug. 29 under a program sponsored by the Los Angeles city and county departments of parks and recreation.

Funded by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the program is an extension of the free- and reduced-price lunch programs in effect during school sessions in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Participating recreation and community centers qualify for the program if half the students enrolled in the school nearest the center were on the free- and reduced-price lunch programs.

A cold box lunch consisting of a sandwich, two kinds of fruit, white or chocolate milk and a cookie, raisins or potato chips will be served for two hours continuously at each center on weekdays on a first-come, first-served basis. Beginning serving times will vary.

San Fernando Valley recreation centers that will begin serving at noon are: Branford at 13310 Branford St., Arleta; Pacoima at 10943 Herrick Ave., Pacoima; Panorama at 8600 Hazeltine Ave., Panorama City; Paxton at 10731 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Pacoima; Sepulveda at 8801 Kester Ave., Panorama City; Valley Plaza at 12240 Archwood St., North Hollywood, and Victory-Vineland at 11112 Victory Blvd., North Hollywood.

Fernangeles at 8851 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Sun Valley, will be serving at 11:45 and three other centers--North Hollywood at 5301 Tujunga Ave. in North Hollywood, Sylmar at 13109 Borden Ave. in Sylmar and Van Nuys at 14301 Vanowen St. in Van Nuys--will serve at 12:15 p.m.

Recreation centers in Delano Park at 15100 Erwin St., Van Nuys, and Hubert Humphrey at 12560 Filmore St., San Fernando, will begin serving at 12:30 p.m. and Lanark at 21816 Lanark St. in Canoga Park will begin serving at 12:50 p.m.

Also participating in the summer lunch program are the Boy’s Club of San Fernando at 13421 Van Nuys Blvd., Pacoima, and Santa Rosa Community Center at 511 Kalisher St., San Fernando. Both will begin serving at 11:30 a.m.