ANDOVER – Pymatuning Valley Local Schools has signed up to participate in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) with the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce and the USDA.
There is no income requirement to participate. (This does not replace the Summer EBT cards. If families qualified for the EBT cards, they will receive those also.)
The program runs June 15 through Aug. 14.
“The SFSP is a program where we ship food to your door. We will send 10 breakfasts and 10 lunches to your location (which must be inside the Pymatuning Valley Local School District boundaries),” reads an announcement about the program.
Every child ages 1 to 18 (and children 19-21 on an IEP) is eligible to get one box every 10 days.
There is no cost to the child or the parent.
Open enrollment students are not eligible for this program.
The boxes have insulated liners to retain the temperature of the boxes.
Both refrigerated and frozen products will be in each box, as well as shelf-stable items.
The boxes also include a disposable thermometer strip in each box that is easy to read and will turn red if the meals are no longer safe to eat. The boxes can stay temperature controlled for around 35 hours. They will be shipped by FedEx and will send notifications to the email supplied on the permission slip.
An e-mail to parents/guardians was sent through the PVLS School Messenger service and on Final Forms which included the Google Parent Consent Form.
Families may register for the Home Delivery with this Parent Consent Form.
If families have questions, they may contact Jodie Fetters at 440-293-6488 option 5 or jodie.fetters@pvschools.org .
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