Children participating in the SON Ministries Hilliard summer free lunch program don’t simply receive a nutritious meal, reports Danae King for The Columbus Dispatch.
They also get in on the action.
Ms. King writes:
Instead of just serving up food and a few low-key activities to the kindergartners through eighth-graders who get a free lunch in the summer, Serving our Neighbors (SON) Ministries in Hilliard also has the children serving the community.
The article continues:
Each Friday, 67 children are bused to the Hilliard Church of Christ at noon. They hurry up and eat the lunch provided to them and then start preparing tacos, rice, guacamole and more to serve to community members.
[...]
At 1 p.m., teachers, city officials, parents and others arrive. A hostess in pigtails hands each person a menu and seats them. Then the children scurry around, taking orders and filling them, making sure everyone has silverware and a drink, and chatting with the patrons.
It’s called Taco Bell Jr., and it started in 2012. Now, these restaurants host people at all three free summer lunch programs in Hilliard.
While the children’s meals are funded by the government, the meals they prepare for community members are funded by donations, usually from the diners themselves, said Sarah Florimonte, development and communications associate with SON Ministries, ...
Full story here. (You’ll want to give it a read!)
❧
Read a story you'd like to share with your neighbors? Drop us a note to let us know!
Posts
