Beginning Tuesday, May 19, the For Kids Only Afterschool program will provide the City of Everett with snack packs to be distributed to children in need in the City of Everett.
“I want to thank the For Kids Only Afterschool Program for their generosity. This is a challenging time for many families, and it is reassuring to see organizations stepping up to the challenges facing us to make sure kids and those facing hunger are fed,” Mayor Carlo DeMaria said.
FKO will provide the Eliot Family Resources Center with 1,000 snack packs to be distributed to children in need who are living in the City of Everett, ages 1-18; and 600 snack packs to LUMA.
Employees of the afterschool program will be putting together the snack packs for the children starting on Monday, May 18, at the The Youth in Motion center in Revere.
Each snack pack contains enough snacks for seven days, half of the snacks are fruits and the other half will range from a granola bars, graham crackers, milk and yogurt.
City of Everett
Office of the Mayor
Carlo DeMaria, Jr.
484 Broadway
EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS 02149
PHONE 617-394-2270
Fax 617-381-1150