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Tribal Boys and Girls Clubs offer summer food program
Contributed by Karissa Pickett, Tribal Media Relations
The Chickasaw Nation Boys and Girls Clubs in Chickasha, Sulphur and Tishomingo will participate in the USDA Summer Food Service Program. Through this program, breakfast and lunch or a snack will be provided to all children without charge each weekday the club is open.
In Chickasha and Tishomingo, meal service will begin on June 2, 2008 and conclude on August 1, 2008. Lunch is served from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and a snack is served from 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sulphur Public Schools will act as the sponsoring organization for the Sulphur area.
Meals will be served at the Sulphur High School Cafeteria during the following hours:
June 2-30, 2008
Breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
July 1-18, 2008
Breakfast will be served from 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
July 21-August 1, 2008
Lunch and snack will be provided at the Sulphur Boys and Girls Club. Lunch will be served from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. with snack served from 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
* All of the Boys and Girls Clubs will be closed on July 4, 2008.
Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of meal service.
Last year the program served a total of 9,938 meals and snacks at Boys and Girls Clubs, seven Chickasaw Nation Youth Camps and the Chickasaw Foundation Upward Bound Program.
For more information, please contact Debbie Zachary at (580) 436-7255.
To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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