The Salvation Army Weyburn began a new program, Lunch for Kids, on Tuesday, and with the rainy weather gave out 23 lunches.
The program will be offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Weyburn Free Methodist Church's parking lot.
"I think the weather was factor and it was our first day, as with anything new it will take awhile for people to realize we are there and doing what we are doing. The Salvation Army will continue handing out lunches until the end of June, no matter how many people are coming for them," said Jennifer Lorinczy, community ministries coordinator.
Volunteers will be there handing out bagged lunches to families for their children. The lunches will include some items that will need to be heated or cooked, as well as snacks and a juice box.
The program will provide 100 bagged lunches available each day, or 200 a week.
The Free Methodist Church is located at the corner of 14th Street and Coteau Avenue, next to the Young Fellows Tot Lot. The lunches will be handed out in the parking lot of the Free Methodist Church, so volunteers can practice physical distancing properly while running the program.
"Anytime we are able to provide some assistance to someone we are happy, so for us helping 23 children have lunch on Tuesday is a great thing. Although we do hope that more people will take advantage of this program, we know there are more families in our community who need support, especially during these unprecedented times. The lunches are available for children from pre-school to high school children," said Lorinczy.
This program will run until June 30, as the program is trying to fill the gap of the nutrition programs that ended when the schools closed in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
All donations are welcome in support of this program, either monetary or school lunch items/snacks. Lorinczy noted there have been some donations come in already, and residents are very much in support of this new program.
