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A free meals program provided by local school districts aims to keep children fed and healthy over the summer.
As in previous years, both Temple and Belton independent school districts will offer their summer school meal program to children this year. The two programs will begin Monday at most locations and distribute both breakfasts and lunches.
Donna Shelton, assistant director of nutrition services at BISD, said the summer meals are a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture program that helps feed children.
âMany children rely on school meals during the academic year, and weâre thrilled to be able to continue offering them throughout the summer months at no cost to the child,â Shelton said. âThese nutritious meals will help ensure the kids have a healthy summer and are ready to learn when school resumes in August.â
Although shelters and warming stations could lead to new COVID-19 cases, Amanda Robison-Chadwell, the Bell County Public Health District’s director, said residents should still seek services if they cannot shelter
County spokesman James Stafford told the Telegram that Pfizer notified Bell County regarding the shipment delay.
âOur shipment has not left Kalamazoo, Michigan,â he said. âWe got a notification from Pfizer that they are not going to ship doses until they know that it can get here on timeâ
Stafford said shipments from Pfizer are packaged with dry ice, and need to arrive at its destination within 24 hours in order to maintain the vaccinesâ ultra-cold storage.
âDry ice is needed to maintain proper temperatures in the thermal shipping container,â according to information obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Six more Bell County residents are reported to have died from COVID-19, as the region’s active cases fell to 1,266 active cases — the fewest concurrent infections since early December.