Coronavirus Latest: 40 Baltimore City, 9 County Rec Centers To Serve As Food Distribution Hubs
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Baltimore City leaders announced Friday that all of the City's recreation centers would stop offering programming for two weeks, beginning on Monday, while some locations serve as food distribution hubs amid the coronavirus pandemic.
40 of the City's recreation centers will serve as food distribution hubs where school-age children can pick up a midday snack and prepared dinners in the evening.
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Beginning Monday, students will be able to pick up a snack beginning at 2 p.m. and receive dinner starting at 5 p.m. at any one of the 40 recreation center sites.
The dinner program will end at 7:00 p.m.
Mayor Young's announcement is in addition to the Baltimore City Public School System operating 10 food distribution sites next week where students can receive breakfast and lunch between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
The City said it plans to increase the number of sites serving as food distribution hubs while schools are closed during the State of Emergency amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Baltimore County also announced that its rec centers would be closed and that nine locations would serve as food distribution hubs for youth 18 and under.
The Department will offer the take-away meals from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays.
There is a limited number of meals available and they will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis at the following locations:
- Dundalk PAL Center
- Mars Estates PAL Center
- Shady Spring PAL Center
- Hillendale PAL Center
- Cockeysville PAL Center
- Scotts Branch PAL Center
- Winfield PAL Center
- Woodmoor PAL Center
- Arbutus Community Center
For the latest information on coronavirus go to the Maryland Health Department's website or call 211. You can find all of WJZ's coverage on coronavirus in Maryland here.
