Adults Can Join Kids For Free Summer Meals

DENVER (AP) -- The federal government pays for needy children to eat breakfast and lunch at schools over the summer. Now adults at sites across Colorado are also being invited to join their children for a free meal.

An anonymous donor has given Hunger Free Colorado a grant to pick up the tab for parents and guardians accompanying their children.

Westminster Mayor Nancy McNally visited a participating school in the Adams 50 school district on Friday to help promote the program. District food service director Jim Rowan says, in the past, some adults would have to sit by and watch their children eat because they couldn't afford to buy a meal of their own.

Other school districts participating include Mesa County Valley and the St. Vrain Valley districts.

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