dailybreadJamestown (CSi) The Daily Bread – Jamestown Program announces the expansion of its program through the location of a food freezers at Lincoln School and the Jamestown Middle School. These freezers will be located in these schools throughout the school year.

Daily Bread – Jamestown Steering Committee member, Deb Lee says, “We ran a pilot program this past summer at Washington School’s MOST (Meaningful Out-of School Time) summer program. We had great success in the use of this program and the Jamestown School Board and Administrators agreed to the placement of freezers in the schools during the school year.

Currently, we believe that we can only keep two freezers full with food. The school administrators believe that Lincoln and the Middle School are the most in need of a program like this, so that is where the first freezers were placed. We are hopeful that we will find more food donors and that we can expand the program to other school locations.”

Jamestown Public Schools Superintendent, Rob Lech adds, “We are pleased that we could place Daily Bread – Jamestown freezers at these schools. The summer pilot program at Washington School went very well. We are hopeful that this will be one more piece of the puzzle in solving the hunger program that unfortunately some of our students are experiencing on a daily basis.”

The Daily Bread – Jamestown program has been offering free surplus frozen meals at its first location, the Ave Maria Village for about three years. This spring, the program expanded to include delivery of food to the James River Senior Citizens Center, two locations for Community Action and the Salvation Army.

Ms. Lee says, “Our Daily Bread – Jamestown steering committee wanted to target families, especially families with young children. We are very grateful for the support that we have received from the Jamestown Public Schools Administration. The Daily Bread- Jamestown food is free, and there are no registration requirements. We only ask that the individuals remember that there are others that also need the food.”

The Daily Bread – Jamestown program is patterned off of the Daily Bread programs that have been operating successfully for years in Fargo and Bismarck, ND. The federal “Good Samaritan” law protects the supplier of this food. The kitchens that prepare this food must be ND Department of Health certified kitchens.