Students of the Manteca Unified School District are likely familiar with the Anytimers Super Snack Pack.
In particular, the cheese pizza kit consisting of real mozzarella along with a whole grain crust and marinara sauce.
That’s one of several items offered up at the free Seamless Sumer Lunch program that started this week at the various park locations in Manteca, Lathrop and Weston Ranch.
The program is free for those ages 2 to 18 – the meals must be eaten on site.
“These are the same foods served at our elementary schools,” said Remedia Craighead on MUSD Nutrition Services.
She and Sidra Dariq are one of several teams working at this year’s Seamless Summer Lunch program. Included are 35 sites serving lunch daily, Mondays through Fridays, from now through July 19 (no services on June 19 and July 4-5).
On Thursday, they set up shop at a shady section of Doxey Park located near McParland Elementary School, offering up grab-and-go items such as the pizza kit, fresh fruits, vegetables, milk (a choice of chocolate or regular), and a fruit cup.
From Doxey Park, Craighead and Dariq’s daily lunch route also includes Chadwick Park (Manteca), Valverde Park (Lathrop), and Libby Lane (Lathrop).
During the regular school year, Craighead works in the kitchen at Manteca High while Dariq, who is looking to work fulltime, is a substitute at Veritas Elementary School. Both are in their first year with the Seamless Summer Lunch program.
The summer lunch locations and times are as follows:
Manteca
*10:30 to 11 a.m. — Graystone Park, 810 Agate Ave.; Roberts Estate Park, 1740 Rail St.; Doxey Park, 1355 Northgate Drive; Springport Park, 746 Pestana Ave.; Shasta Park, 955 E. Edison Ave.; Lincoln Park, 245 S. Powers Ave.; and Cotta Park, 505 Mission Ridge Drive.
*11:15 to 11:45 a.m. — St. Francis Park, 1273 Devonshire Ave.; Sequoia Park, 868 Wawona St.; Chadwick Square Park, 1953 London Ave; Diamond Oaks Park; 1179 Pestana Ave.; Springtime Park, 1268 Springtime Ave.; Baccilleri Park, 154 Stockton St.; and Tesoro Park, 1399 Tesoro Drive.
*Noon to 12:30 p.m. —Northgate Park, 1750 Hoyt Lane; Giles Park next to Boys & Girls Club, 545 Alameda St.; Rodoni Park, 1006 Lucio St.; Crestwood Park, 1901 Crestwood Ave.; Yosemite Village Park, 600 El Portal Ave.; Woodward Park, 710 E. Yosemite Ave.
*12:45 to 1:15 p.m. — Primavera Park, 1253 Primavera Ave.; Mayors Park, 1440 Kelley Drive; Colony Park, 1232 Trailwood Ave.; Union Ranch East Park, 925 Raccoon Valley Drive; Union West Park, 1291 Parkview St.; and Quail Ridge Park, 1020 Mission Ridge Drive
Lathrop
*10:30 to 11 a.m. — Mossdale Park, 700 Towne Center Drive
*11:15 to 11:45 a.m. — Generations Center, 450 Spartan Way
*Noon to 12;30 p.m. — Sangalang Park, 13470 Slate St. and Valverde Park, 15557 Fifth St.
*12:45 to 1:15 p.m. — Libby Lane Park, 575 Libby Lane and Woodfield Park, 801 Lathrop Road
Weston Ranch
*10:30 to 11 a.m. — Sandra B. Smith Park, 2606 William Moss Blvd.
*11:15 to 11:45 a.m. — Paul E. Weston Park, 3602 Ews Woods Blvd.
*Noon to 12:20 p.m. — William Long Park, 4535 Woodchase Lane.
For more information, log on to www.musdnutrition.net.
