Starbuck kids to have lunch five days a week until the end of the school year
October 10, 2019
STARBUCK-With generous donations from Columbia Pulp and the Blue Mountain Community Foundation, the Starbuck School District is now able to provide 37 K-8 graders with lunches, five days a week, until the end of the school year, according to Martha Lanman Columbia County Public Health Director.
A donation of $1,000 from Columbia Pulp and another $5,000 from the Blue Mountain Community Foundation will more than meet the original request, which was for $1500 to provide lunches four days a week.
The lunches are prepared by the Dietary Staff at Dayton General Hospital and they meet school nutrition requirements, she said.
Lanman said the public health department is assisting with research into future lunch program requirements and lunch program deadlines, to create a fully funded school lunch program.
Thanks, also, to a generous grant from REA, the kitchen will undergo some necessary repairs, and the school and community will have a certified kitchen available sometime during this school year, she said.
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