Julie Boucher describes the King George Summer Lunch Bunch program and how it began.

This year's program is dedicated to the memory of Janice Shelton

King George Summer Lunch Bunch is conducting its fourteenth summer of feeding hungry children in King George County, and we need your help! During the school year, students receive free, subsidized meals. When school closes for the summer, so ends these meals. Our organization’s goal is to bridge the nutritional gap this summer, helping families stretch their available food dollars. This helps these children return for a new school year in a better position to resume learning. And with the cost of groceries and gas continuing to rise, the need for assistance is even greater than before.

This summer we will deliver lunches two days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays during June and July. Our program will begin on Thursday, June 8, and will end on Thursday, July 27. We will not deliver on Tuesday, July 4. We will be operating out of the cafeteria at Potomac Elementary School. We need human resources: your help, your time, and your commitment to help us to meet this challenge. We do not need donations at this time.

Who We Are:

The Summer Lunch Bunch is a volunteer organization dedicated to meeting the needs of children in King George County, Virginia, during the summer break. The program is administered by a Board of Directors comprised of members from Dahlgren United Methodist Church, Peace Lutheran Church, St. John's Episcopal Church, Trinity United Methodist Church, and Two Rivers Baptist Church.

Goals:

● Fill the nutritional gap for King George area students that exists during summer vacation.

● Enable children to return to school in August in a better position to resume learning.

● Help parents stretch their food dollars.

For more information you may contact the KG Summer Lunch Bunch organization directly by email at kgsummerlunchbunch@gmail.com or contact Annette Ashton by phone at 540-663-3317.