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Numbers Up for Yankton Summer Food Program

Numbers Up for Yankton Summer Food Program

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The Yankton School District has sponsored a summer food program where anyone eighteen and younger can get lunch for free. This summer they offered meals at Webster and Stewart Elementary Schools.
Sandy Kramer, food service director updated the School Board at their meeting this week……

Kramer says they saw numbers go up again this summer…..

Kramer says they follow USDA guidelines for summer food programs….

The meals are funded through a federal program.

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