Westwood Schools: Information on free lunch for all students

We are pleased to announce that, through a federal grant from the USDA, ALL Westwood Public Schools students can receive FREE LUNCHES through the end of the year. This is great news.

How does this opportunity work?

One free lunch is granted per student, per day. A lunch meal consists of a main entrée, side vegetable or fruit, along with an 8 oz milk. Menus are available for viewing or printing here.

To take advantage of this opportunity, families need to pre-order lunches through LINQ, our online ordering system. When you are filling the LINQ shopping cart and submitting your order, you will find that the price of the meal in the ordering system is now $0.

-. Pre Packaged lunches must be pre-ordered on LINQ as well. Free lunches can now be ordered twice a week to be picked up at the High School auditorium lobby. Monday and Wednesday from 1:00 pm to 1:30pm

• Remote lunches pick up for High School and Middle School Students: - - please enter through the High School Auditorium lobby from 1:00 to 1:30pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.

What’s the next step?

If you have not yet done so, please click here to learn the details of online ordering and set up your LINQ online ordering account.

To set up your account you will need your child’s ID number and last name

Families that have questions about school lunch may email food@westwood.k12.ma.us.

Thank you!

Mrs. Franck

Pandemic EBT (P-EBT:

P-EBT is a federal program. The Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA), in collaboration with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), received approval to operate this program in response to the COVID-19 related school closures. P-EBT provides food supports to help families with children who were receiving free and reduced-price school meals pay for food.

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/pandemic-ebt-p-ebt

FOOD RESOURCES IN BOSTON:

Information on free breakfast and lunch sites for Boston youth and adults, as well as locations of food pantries and soup kitchens.

• The City of Boston's Office of Food Access and Boston Public Schools are providing meals that they would normally receive at school for no cost at these locations.

• The YMCA of Greater Boston is distributing breakfast and lunch for children under 18 at these locations and times.

• Project Bread's hotline (1-800-645-8333) will connect you with nearby food pantries, soup kitchens, and other ways to feed the whole family.

• These programs can help meet your economic needs if your work has been disrupted:

  • Paycheck Protection Program

  • Small Business Debt Relief Program

  • Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Emergency Economic Injury Grants

  • Unemployment Assistance

https://www.bostonpublicschools.org/freemeal

https://meals4kids.org/COVID19

https://gettingsnap.org

https://meals4kids.org/partners