City of Rochester
News Release
(Friday, Sept. 4, 2020) – The
City, Foodlink and the Rochester City School District (RCSD) will continue to
collaborate to provide free, healthy meals for children across Rochester this
school year. Since March, this collaboration – along with other community
partners including Common Ground Health and the Rochester Area Community
Foundation – has resulted in the distribution of more than 1.3 million meals.
The
food distribution program provides city children with access to the meals they
would have received at school and after-school programs.
Beginning
Wednesday, Sept. 9, grab-and-go meals will be available at 20 RCSD schools, from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday Beginning Monday, Sept. 14, R-Centers
will have breakfast, lunch and dinner available from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
Foodlink
will continue to provide food for other community locations with educational
programming and will partner with additional organizations and programs seeking
to offer meal service to children and families. Those organizations can contact
Claire Savini at (585) 413-5063 (csavini@foodlinkny.org) to learn more.
Parents can visit www.cityofrochester.gov or www.foodlinkny.org for locations.
RCSD Sites:
- John Williams School #5, 555 Plymouth
Ave.
- Virgil I. Grissom School #7, 31 Bryan St.
- Roberto Clemente School #8: 1180 St.
Paul St.
- Dr. Martin L. King School #9, 485
Clinton Ave.
- Anna Murray-Douglass #12, 999 South Ave.
- John Walton Spencer School #16, 321 Post
Ave.
- Enrico Fermi School #17, 158 Orchard St.
- Dr. Charles Lunsford Sch. #19, 465
Seward St.
- Henry Hudson School #28, 450 Humboldt St.
- John James Audubon School #33, 500
Webster Ave.
- Pinnacle School #35, 194 Field St.
- Abelard Reynolds School #42, 3330 Lake
Ave.
- Mary McLeod Bethune Sch. #45, 1445
Clifford Ave.
- Helen Barret Montgomery School #50, 301
Seneca Ave.
- Dr. Freddie Thomas Campus, 625 Scio St.
- RIA/Jefferson High School Campus, 1
Edgerton Park,
- Wilson Foundation Academy, 200 Genesee
St.
- Franklin High School, 950 Norton St.
- Monroe High School, 164 Alexander St.
- Nathaniel Rochester School #3, 85 Adam
St.
R-Centers:
- Adams Street R-Center, 85 Adams St.
- Avenue D R-Center, 200 Avenue D
- Carter Street R-Center, 500 Carter St.
- Tyshaun Cauldwell Center for Hope, 524
Campbell St.
- Edgerton R-Center, 41 Backus St.
- Frederick Douglass R-Center, 999 South
Ave.
- David F. Gantt R-Center, 700 North St.
- Trenton and Pamela Jackson R-Center, 485
N. Clinton Ave.
- Thomas P. Ryan R-Center, 530 Webster
Ave.
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News Media: For more information, contact 311 or (585) 428-5990 if outside city limits.