HRDC sees growth and expansion in Kids Summer Lunch Program
Jane McDonald | KBZK
and last updated 2021-07-09 18:44:19-04
BOZEMAN â For the last twelve years, the HRDC in Bozeman has been providing free meals to children during the summer months. What began in a handful of parks, has now spread across the town, and soon Belgrade.
Lyra Leigh-Nedbor is the childhood nutrition coordinator for the HRDC, and specifically works in the nutrition department for the Kidâs Summer Lunch Program. Leigh-Nedbor has seen firsthand the increase of demand over her eight years with the HRDC.
âWhen I started in 2013, we were doing about four meal sites and doing maybe about 200 meals per day. We were then doing pretty steady, and we grew over past three years, so 500 meals are likely on the high end of what weâve served,â Leigh-Nedbor said.