Family YMCA to Participate in Summer Food Service Program

Staff Report From Augusta CEO

Monday, June 29th, 2015

The Family YMCA of Greater Augusta is participating in the Summer Food Service Program of South Carolina. Snacks and meals will be provided to all children 18 years old and younger, regardless of membership, at some of the various locations of the Y’s summer camps.

“We’re dedicated to ensuring our youth can overcome the hunger gap during the summer months, as many children are unsure of where their next meal will come from,” says Danny McConnell, President/CEO of the Family YMCA of Greater Augusta. “We want to help our youth grow into healthy adults.”

This program will kick off Monday, June 29th and will end August 5th. Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals/Snacks will be provided at all sites listed below, showing the specified start and end times for meals/snacks.

Breakfast will be provided to campers at the following locations:

· Downtown Augusta Family YMCA (945 Broad Street, Augusta)

An afternoon snack will be provided to campers at the following locations:

· Aiken County Family YMCA (621 Trolley Line Road, Graniteville)
· Augusta South Family YMCA (2215 Tobacco Road, Augusta)
· Augusta South Family YMCA Camp at HIS Church (3358 Peach Orchard Road, Augusta)
· Augusta South Family YMCA Camp at Southside Tubman YMCA (2340 Milledgeville Road, Augusta)
· North Augusta Family YMCA (401 W Martintown Road, North Augusta)
· North Jefferson Family YMCA (3001 Hwy 17 North, Wrens)
· Wilson Family YMCA Camp at Sue Reynolds Elementary School (3840 Wrightsboro Road, Augusta)

Lunch and an afternoon snack will both be provided to campers at the following locations:

· Marshall Family YMCA Camp at Patriots Park (5445 Columbia Road, Grovetown)
· Steiner Branch Family YMCA Camp at Grovetown Elementary School (3000 Ford Avenue, Grovetown).