A number of school districts in the area will continue to provide meals for children ages 1-to-18 while schools are closed during the coronavirus crisis.  North Wasco County School District 21 will continue to provide meals as a grab and go option from 11 a.m. to noon Mondays through Fridays at Chenowith Elementary School and The Dalles Middle School, including during next week’s originally scheduled spring vacation period.

The Hood River County School District and the City of Hood River announced there will be free to-go meals for children ages 1-to-18 this week, during what would have been spring break for schools.  Meals will be available at Mid-Valley and May Street elementary schools Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to noon.  They will also be distributed at 330 Cascade Avenue at Hood River Mobile Manor from 9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m., at 1823 Cascade behind El Rinconcito Taqueria from 10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and 955 Sieverkropp across the street from Sieverkropp Apartments from 10:45 a.m. to 11 a.m.  Local Rhoots and Riverside at Hood River Inn are partnering with the City and the school district in this effort.

The Hood River County School District will serve grab and go breakfasts and lunches at outside entrances to Cascade Locks, May Street, Mid-Valley, and Parkdale elementary schools and Hood River Valley High School from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. from March 30 to April 28.  Drop sites are also being added at Hood River Mobile Manor on 3300 Cascade from 9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m., at 1823 Cascade behind El Riconcito Taqueria from 10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and at 955 Sieverkropp across from the Sierverkropp Apartments from 10:45 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Stevenson-Carson School District is delivering meals via school bus routes or for pickup at its schools between 10 a.m. and noon.

The White Salmon Valley School District will be offering breakfasts and lunch for pickup on weekdays through April 24 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Whitson Elementary School and Columbia High School…and at all bus stops district-wide with deliveries at the two-hour late start pickup time.