The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will allow school districts to serve free meals to all students through the remainder of the 2020-21 school year. We will continue to update this story with any additional meal distribution sites, or other information as it becomes available.
Update May 7, 2021
Remote learning students
The Olympia School District will distribute free grab-and-go meals, or meal boxes with five breakfasts and five lunches, each Wednesday through the end of this school year to students at schools listed below.
Meals will be distributed between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Wednesdays at all OSD elementary schools, Jefferson Middle School, Olympia Regional Learning Academy, and the community sites listed below.
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Evergreen Vista Apartments
1209 Fern St. S.W.
Olympia, WA 98502
Courtside Apartments
515 Courtside St. S.W.
Olympia, WA 98502
Evergreen Villages Apartments
505 Division St. N.W.
Olympia, WA 98502
Ashwood Downs Apartments
1900 Ashwood Downs Ln S.E.
Olympia, WA 98501
Single day grab-and-go meals will be available weekdays at:
VFW Post 318 Parking Lot (across from Aztec Lanes)
2902 Martin Way E.
Olympia. WA 98506
In-Person Learning Students
Students will be provided with breakfast and lunch at their school on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. In addition, students at all middle and high schools, and McLane, LP Brown, Hansen and Garfield elementary schools, may take a breakfast and lunch home at the end of the day on Tuesday and Friday.
Students may visit any OSD school or community site listed above that is distributing meals; they do not need to obtain a meal from their nearest school or the school that they are enrolled at. Distribution will be walk-up and drive-up, following school and public health department guidelines for social distancing and face coverings. The USDA waiver also allows parents and guardians to pick up meals for their children.
Students will have a choice of regular, vegetarian and gluten-free meals. To order gluten free meals for the school where you choose to pick up your meals, please call (360) 596-7062.
For more information, visit the Child Nutrition Services webpage on the Olympia School District website.