Wythe County School Board hears plan for home-delivered summer meals pilot for children

Board members heard a proposal to pilot home-delivered summer meals for county children during July, offered through Feeding Southwest Virginia with Amazon Logistics handling outreach/delivery. Speaker 3 described the pilot as a no-cost option for families: parents can sign up children ages 0–18 by providing child name, address and a consent form; each enrolled child would receive five breakfasts and five lunches (shelf-stable items) for the month covered by the pilot.

Speaker 3 said the district has long operated summer feeding sites but that staffing, transportation and site monitoring have made reaching remote families difficult. The pilot aims to reach families who cannot travel to school pickup sites, and the board supported beginning outreach to families pending receipt of more operational details.

Speaker 4 clarified that the pilot is structured to operate in July so it does not interfere with June summer-school programs, and said the program would use USDA summer feeding resources. Board members asked questions about delivery logistics and qualification criteria; speakers said the pilot would begin outreach once additional information is available to share with board members and the community.

Details the board recorded: sign-up requires name, child name, address and consent form; eligible children are ages 0–18; delivered packages will be shelf-stable and contain five breakfasts and five lunches per child for the month; program described as 100% free to the county. The transcript does not include an implementation schedule, a start date beyond "July," nor a written budget or participant-cap estimate.