ANAHEIM : Youth Meal Program Starts Its Fifth Year

For the fifth summer, youths 18 or younger will be served free meals by the Anaheim Union High School District.

Barry Sackin, director of food services for the school district, estimated that 1,000 or more lunches will be served daily through the Summer Food Service Program for Children, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“The intent is to have nutritious meals available when children do not have access to them in school,” Sackin said. “For some of the kids, if we weren’t there, they’d be very hungry.”

Meals will be provided on weekdays from June 26 through Aug. 25, with the exception of July 4.

Two of the meal sites, Ponderosa Park and the Jeffrey-Lynne Community Center, will also serve breakfast from 7 to 8 a.m. weekdays. Those sites, along with the George Washington Community Center, serve free meals to children on a year-round basis.

Locations for the summer meals program are:

* Ponderosa Park, 2100 S. Haster St.

* Jeffrey-Lynne Community Center, 1633 Jeffrey Drive.

* George Washington Community Center, 250 E. Cypress St.

* Little Peoples Park, 220 W. Elm St.

* Edison Park, 1145 Baxter St.

* Manzanita Park, 1260 Riviera St.

* Chaparral Park, 1770 E. Broadway.

* Brookhurst Community Center, 2271 W. Crescent Ave.

* Schweitzer Park, 238 S. Bel Air St.

* Centralia School, 195 N. Western Ave.

* John Marshall Park, 2066 Falmouth Ave.

Information: (714) 999-3560.