Polk County Public Schools
The Polk County Public Schools Foodservice Department provides free, nutritious meals to children this summer at approximately 100 sites across Polk County.
Any child, 18 years and younger, both enrolled and not enrolled at program sites is eligible for breakfast and lunch at no cost. The program is available to all children during summer vacation when school meals are not available. The summer meals program is from June 10 to August 7. Meals will not be served when sites are closed and on Friday, July 3, 2009.
Call (863) 534-0588 for a list of sites, meal times, eligibility, instructions or further details on the summer meals program. Sites at Polk County public schools utilize a visitor tracking system and adults accompanying children to school district sites must have government issued photo identification to check in.
A list of sites are also included here by location with breakfast and lunch times in parentheses.
Auburndale: Auburndale Central Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11:30 to 12 noon), Berkley Elementary (8 to 8:30, 12 noon to 12:30 ), Caldwell Elementary (11 to 11:30 only), First Academy (8:30 to 9:30, 12 noon to 1) Shelby Street Station (7:30 to 8:30, 11:30 to12:15), Skate Zone (7 to 8, 11 to 1 ), Stambaugh Middle (12 noon to 12:30 only).
Babson Park: Dale Fair Babson Park Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 12 noon).
Bartow: Bartow Civic Center (12 noon to 1 only), Bartow Middle (8 to 8:30, 11:30 to 12 noon), Best Academy (8 to 9, 11 to 1), Carver Recreation Center (12 noon to 1 only), Floral Avenue Elementary (7:30 to 8:00, 11:30 to 12 noon), Gibbons Street Elementary (8 to 8:30, 11:30 to 12 noon), Girls Inc. (11 to 12 noon only), Polk Life & Learning Center (9 to 9:30 only), Polk Street Community Center (12 noon to 1).
Dundee: Dundee Community Center (12 noon to 1 only), Dundee Ridge Middle (8 to 8:30, 11:30 to 12:30).
Eagle Lake: Linda Weldon Activity Center (7:30 to 8:30, 12 noon to 1), Eagle Lake Elementary (7:30 to 8, 11:30 to 1).
Fort Meade: Anna Woodbury Elementary campus (12 noon to 1 only), Fort Meade Middle-Senior (8 to 8:30, 12 to 12:30), Lewis Elementary campus (8 to 8:30, 11:30 to 12:30), Peaceful Believers Church (12 noon to 1 only).
Frostproof: First Baptist Church (11:30 to 12:30), Lakeview Park Community Center (8 to 9, 11:45 to 1).
Haines City: Bethune Neighborhood Center (7:30 to 8:30, 12 noon to 1), Citrus Center Boys & Girls Club (8:30 to 9:30, 11:30 to 1:30), Haines City Community Center (7:30 to 8:30, 12 noon to 1) New Beulah Missionary Church (11:30 to 1:30), Northridge Christian Preschool (8 to 9, 11 to 12 noon).
Lake Alfred: Highland Community Center (10:30 to 11:30 only), Karen Siegel Academy (9 to 9:30 only), Lake Alfred Elementary (8 to 9, 12 noon to 2).
Lake Hamilton: Sandhill Missionary Baptist Church ( 11:45 to 12:45 only)
Lake Wales: Citrus Center Boys & Girls Club (8:30 to 9:30, 11:30 to 1:30), Green & Gold Foundation (8 to 9, 12:30 to 1:30), Hillcrest Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 1), Our Children’s Academy (8:15 to 8:45, 11:30 to 12:15) Spook Hill Elementary (7:30 to 8, 11:30 to 12)
Lakeland: Alpha Care I & II (7:30 to 8:30, 11:30 to 1:30), Beacon Hill Preschool (8:30 to 9:30, 11:30 to 12:30), Boys & Girls Club –Musso (8:30 to 9:30, 12 noon to 2), Boys & Girls Club – Sanders (8 to 9, 12 noon to 1), Boys & Girls Club – Schowe (8 to 9, 12 noon to 1), Carlton Palmore Elementary (11 to 1 only), Cheyenne Territory (8:30 to 9:30, 11:30 to 12:30), Christ Community Interact (7:30 to 8:30, 11:30 to 12:30), Crystal Lake Elementary (7:30 to 8, 11:30 to 12), Dare to Achieve (7:30 to 8:30, 12 noon to 1), Dixieland Elementary (11 to 1 only), Doris Sanders Learning Center (8:45 to 9:30 only), First United Methodist Church (8:30 to 9:30, 12 noon to 1), Girls Inc.- Jenkins Center (11 to 12 noon only), Griffin Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 1) Highlands Grove Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 12 noon to 1), Jesse Keen Elementary (7:30 to 8, 11:30 to 12 noon), Kid’s Town Preschool (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 12 noon), Lakeland Highlands Middle (11 to 1 only), Lakeland Housing Authority-Lakeridge (7:30 to 8:30, 12 noon to 1), Lakeland Housing Authority- Emma Turner (7:30 to 8, 12 noon to 1), Lakeland Housing Authority-John Wright (7:30 to 8:30, 12 noon to 1), Lakewood Terrace (7:30 to 8:30, 11:30 to 12:30), Master Minds Learning Center (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 12 noon), North Lakeland Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 1), Pace Center for Girls (11:29 to 12 noon only), Padgett Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 1 ), Phillip O’Brien Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 1), Simpson Park Community Center (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 1), Sleepy Hill Elementary (11:30 to 1 only), Socrum Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 1), Southwest Middle (11 to 1 only), Tenoroc High (7:30 to 8, 11 to 1), Word Alive Learning Enrichment (8 to 9, 12 to 1:30).
Mulberry: Kingsford Elementary (8 to 9, 11:30 to 1), Mulberry Middle (8 to 8:30, 12 noon to 12:30), Purcell Elementary (7:30 to 8, 11:30 to 1).
Poinciana: Lake Marion Creek Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 1), Palmetto Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11:30 to 12 noon).
Polk City: Polk City Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11:30 to 1).
Winter Haven: Abbey Lane Apartments (12:30 to 1:30 only), All About Kidz Learning Center (7:30 to 8:30, 11:30 to 1), Chain O’Lakes Complex (11:30 to 1 only), Chain of Lakes Elementary (7:30 to 8:30, 11 to 1), Citrus Center Boys & Girls Club (8:30 to 9:30, 11:30 to 1:30), Rotary Park), Girls Inc. (7 to 8, 11:30 to 12:30), Kiddie Korner (11:30 to 12:30 only), New Life Kingdom Kids Academy (8:00 to 8:25, 12 to 12:30), Pierre’s Kiddieland (7:30 to 8:30, 11:30 to 12:30), Wahneta Elementary (8:30 to 9:30, 11:30 to 12:30), Westwood Middle (8 to 8:30, 11:30 to 12 noon), Winter Haven Community Center (7:30 to 8:30, 12 noon to 1), Winter Haven Recreational & Cultural Center (8 to 9, 12 noon to 1), Winter Haven PAL (11 to 1only).
The Polk County Public Schools participate in the Summer Foodservice Program under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The following is required in all communications regarding the summer foodservice program:
Meals will be provided to all children without charge. 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.
Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against in any USDA-related activity should write or call immediately to:
USDA
Director, Office of Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20250-9410
(800)795-3272 (voice) (202)720-6382(TTY)
