Free summer lunches for youth to start

OAKLAND, Calif. - Free lunches for Oakland youth begin Tuesday at more than 50 sites in the city to help children get through the summer when free and reduced-cost school meals are unavailable, city officials said.   

Thousands of Oakland schoolchildren depend on free and reduced-cost school meals, but the last day of school was Thursday for the roughly 35,000 children in the Oakland Unified School District.   

Some free lunch sites will also provide a snack. The free lunches are available to children 18 and younger and adults with disabilities who are enrolled in school.   

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A smartphone mobile app is available to help children and families find a site offering free lunches. The CA Meals for Kids app can be found in the Google Play and Apple App stores.   

The list of sites can also be found here.