Harlingen residents lined up at the bus from a Texas school district. Inside, people served pizza, carrot sticks, corn and juices. According to the Valley Morning Star, this was the third and last stop of the day for the Meals on the Bus Program coordinated by the school district’s Child Nutrition Department.
Christina Montalvo leaned over to hand her grandson some juice she’d just picked up on the bus.
“I really appreciate it because sometimes we are low on food,” said Montalvo, 41, as she looked down at her grandson, Bryan Roland Perez, 4.
Two school buses are making stops at three locations each for breakfast and again for lunch. Julio Cavazos, chief financial officer, said between 50 and 100 children are served at each stop. The program is funded by the USDA.
The stops are being made in low-income areas of the city.
Judy Baker, director of child nutrition, said the most exciting thing about the food program is that children who normally might go hungry get a meal.
