The Indianola Community school District Summer Meals Program is currently underway, providing breakfast and lunch free of charge for all children under the age of 18. Food Service Director Abbi Costigan tells KNIA News instead of every day pickups, parents can pick up three breakfasts and three lunches per child on Mondays and Thursdays, to help busy parents.

“Here at Indianola I just thought we would try it. Compared to last year when we ran every day you would pick up one meal then come back again the next day. And this way it’s more convenient for the parents to only have to come out twice a week, picking up on Monday and again on Thursday for another set of meals. So just more of the convenience factor and I thought it would help more people be able to take advantage of it.”

Meals can be picked up from Indianola Middle School from 11am to 1pm, Emerson Elementary from 10:45 to 11:30am, and the Dollar General parking lot from noon to 12:45pm.