The last couple of summers our local community joined us in our efforts to provide free lunch to local youth every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout the summer. The program exceeded our expectations and we want to start off by saying a huge THANK YOU to all the businesses and individuals who donated their time and money to help us care for the youth in our community during the summers of 2018 & 2019.
This summer due to the CDC guidelines established as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic we will be providing this service differently. We will be providing lunch three days a week but we will be adopting the Grab & Go Lunch Program’s model.
This means that every Monday evening at the Canton location only (Impact Youth Building) we will be handing out bagged lunches to every child age 18 and under. Each child can receive up to 3 bags at that pickup location per week. Pick up will be from 4:30-5:30 pm every Monday from June 1, 2020 until August 2, 2020.
This program is not determined by your financial status and is available to all Canton Area School District students. The Impact Youth Building is conveniently located by the Canton War Memorial Pool and its basketball and tennis courts.
Would you join us in this effort? We are looking for volunteers to help pack bags and distribute them on Monday evenings. Lighthouse is a 501c3 nonprofit and all donations are tax deductible. If donating, please write a check to Lighthouse and in the memo write Summer Lunch. If interested in helping or need more information, email Jackie Harper at jharper@lighthousecanton.com.