OCO Summer Food Service Program Providing Free Meals for Oswego County Children
Bridget Dolbear, Program Services Coordinator for Oswego County Opportunities, Inc. Nutrition Services, has announced that OCO is participating in the Summer Food Service Program again this year.
Each year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture partners with local organizations like OCO to provide free meals to children when school is out for the summer. Funded thru the New York State Education Department, the Summer Food Service Program provides free meals to all children 18 years and under.
Meals will be available at the following sites and times. Orders for meals are placed the day fore you attend.
Taft Bay Park 851 St. Route 49, Bernhards Bay
Lunch - 11:30 am – 1:00 pm - Monday thru Thursday – July 2 thru August 21
Palermo Recreation, 1779 Co. Rt. 45, Palermo
Breakfast - 8:45 – 9:45 am & Lunch 12:00 – 1:00 pm - Monday thru Friday - July 30 thru August 8
West Monroe Park, 2 Depot Rd., West Monroe
Lunch - 11:30-12:30 pm - Monday thru Thursday - July 7 thru August 7
Fulton CYO, 365 West 1st St., Fulton
Breakfast – 9:00 – 9:30 am & Lunch – 12:00 – 1:00 pm - Monday thru Friday – July 7 thru August 22
Cleveland Park, 65 North St., Cleveland
Lunch - 11:30-12:30 pm - Monday thru Friday – July 7 – August 15
Fulton YMCA, 715 West Broadway St., Fulton
Breakfast - 8:30 - 9:30 am & Lunch 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Monday thru Friday - June 30 – August 29
CNY Arts Program, 357 State St., Fulton
Lunch - 12:00 - 12:30 pm - Monday thru Friday – July 14 thru 18 & August 11 thru 15
Hannibal Recreation, 824 Co. Rt. 34, Hannibal
Breakfast - 8:30 - 9:30 am & Lunch - 11:30 am - 1:00 pm - Monday thru Friday – July 7 thru August 22
Pulaski Recreation, Route 11, Pulaski
Breakfast – 9:00 am & Lunch - 11:30-1:00 pm - Monday thru Friday - June 30 thru August 8
Prince of Peace Church, 64 Gillespie Rd, Fulton
Dinner - 6:30-7:30 pm Thursdays - July 3 thru August 28
Oswego YMCA, 249 West 1st Street, Oswego
Breakfast - 8:30-9:30 am & Lunch - 11:30 am - 12:30 pm July 7 thru August 22
Fulton Public Library, 160 South First Street, Fulton
Lunch - 12:00 - 12:30 pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays - July 1 thru August 31
Lunch - 12:30 - 1:00 pm Fridays - July 11 thru August 15
Hamilton Homes, 96 Hamilton Street, Oswego
Lunch - 11:30 am - 1:00 pm - Monday thru Friday - June 30 thru August 29
Midtown Plaza, 75 East First Street, Oswego
Lunch -12:15 pm-1:00 pm - Fridays - June 27 thru August 29
Camp Zerbe, Williamstown, NY (No walk-ins – enrolled youth only)
Times and dates are subject to change.
“We are happy to be able to offer the Summer Food Service Program. I encourage families to participate in the program and remember that hunger doesn’t take a vacation,” said Dolbear.
Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. For more information on the program contact Shelby Cusson, Summer Food Service Monitor, at 315-598-4712.