Moorhead Area Public Schools will be providing summer meal access for all children 18 and under. Breakfast and Lunch will be available at select schools. Lunch will be provided in select parks daily. All meals must be eaten onsite and cannot be taken home. Meal times are set, please make sure that you arrive within the assigned times. In the event of inclement weather, park locations will close but school locations will continue to operate.

• Monday - Thursday, 6/2 - 8/21 (closed 6/19)

• S.G. Reinertsen Elementary, Ellen Hopkins Elementary, Robert Asp Elementary

• Breakfast: 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

• Lunch: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

• Monday - Thursday, 6/2 - 8/21 (closed 6/19)

• Queens Park: 11:00 - 11:20 a.m.

• Lamb Park: 11:30 - 11:50 a.m.

• Arrowhead Park: 12:00 - 12:20 p.m.

Summer Grocery Benefit for Kids

SUN Bucks is a new grocery benefit available across most of the U.S. Families with eligible school-aged children can get $120 per child to buy groceries during the summer. SUN Bucks may have a different name depending on your location.

Families can receive SUN Bucks on top of other benefits like SNAP and WIC, and children can continue to enjoy free SUN Meals from local meal sites or with SUN Meals To-Go.

If you’re already enrolled in benefits like SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR, your school-age children will automatically be enrolled in SUN Bucks if it’s available where you live. Also, if your child attends a school that offers the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP), and your household income meets the requirements for free or reduced-price school meals, your child may automatically be enrolled in SUN Bucks.

If you are NOT automatically enrolled, you can apply for SUN Bucks directly. To qualify, you must meet income limits and other requirements.

Once you’re enrolled, SUN Bucks may be automatically added to your SNAP account, issued as a separate electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card, or sent in other ways depending on where you live.

For more information visit: https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sunbucks

Hospice of the Red River Valley invites children ages 7-14 to attend Heartstrings: Youth Grief Retreat, a special day camp designed to support youth who have experienced the death of a loved one. Through engaging activities, meaningful discussions and time spent in nature, participants will explore how grief feels, learn healthy ways to cope and discover paths toward healing. Held in the peaceful setting of That’s the Dream Farm, the retreat offers a blend of outdoor and indoor experiences. Each camper will receive a backpack, a copy of The Invisible String and the creative projects they work on throughout the day. The retreat concludes with a heartfelt Remembrance Service, where families are invited to join their children for lunch and the planting of a memorial tree in honor of loved ones who have died.

Registration is required by June 18.

For questions, please contact Janna Kontz at jkontz@hrrv.org. Heartstrings: Youth Grief Retreat is made possible through the generous support of the Cullen Children’s Foundation.

To learn more and register,  visit bit.ly/griefclassregistration.

If you have any additional questions, please contact us at grief@hrrv.org or call (800) 237-4629.