TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) —Tift County schools are working to make sure no student is hungry this summer.

Every Tuesday from June 2 to June 23, the school system gives away free breakfast and lunch to students 18 and younger and to those under 21 with special needs.

The county’s summer feeding program provides 7 breakfast and lunch meals at walk-up locations and through mobile bus routes.

For more information on this program, call 229-387-2400 or email [email protected]

The meals can be picked up from these locations on Tuesdays from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

• Omega Elementary: 150 College Avenue, Omega, GA 31775
• Allen Temple AME Church: 1908 South Park Avenue - Tifton
• Dees Apartments: 120 13th Street East – Tifton
• Everette Temple CME Church: 719 South Ridge Avenue - Tifton
• G O Bailey Elementary: 1430 Newton Drive – Tifton
• J T Reddick Elementary: 404 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive - Tifton
• Little Beulah Hill Church: 512 23rd Street West - Tifton
• Matt Wilson Elementary: 510 17th Street West – Tifton

There are also 8 mobile food pickup points that are spread out across Tift County on Tuesdays.

Bus # 24-1

11:00 - 11:20: Belmont Ave and 6th Street

11:30 - 11:50: Garden Apartments

12:00 - 12:20: New River Flea Market

12:30 - 12:50: Cotton Park Trailer Park

Bus # 24-2

11:00 - 11:20: Puckett Park

11:30 - 11:50: Brookfield Mews

12:00 - 12:20: Pine Hill Trailer Park (2nd Drive Past Store)

Bus # 24-3

11:00 - 11:20: Ponder Park

11:30 - 11:50: Whispering Pines Trailer Park

12:00 - 12:20: Crawley/Wb Parks Rd

12:30 - 12:50: Cherry St

1:00 - 1:20: Ty Ty Baptist

Bus # 24-4

11:00 - 11:20: Dixie Apartments

11:30 - 11:50: Tift County Lanes (Bowling Alley)

12:00 - 12:20: Good Neighbor Grocery

12:30 - 12:50: Chula Post Office

Bus # 133

11:00 - 11:20: Potters House Parking Lot

11:30 - 11:50: Lil Pantry

12:00 - 12:20: Somerset Apartments

12:30 - 12:50: Fulwood Park

12:55 - 1:10: Chestnut Ave & 6th Street

Bus # 151

11:00 - 11:20: Palmetto Rd Trailer Park

11:30 - 11:50: Harley Davidson Parking Lot

12:00 - 12:20: Peterson Apartments

12:30 - 12:50: Cypress Drive

Bus # 167

11:00 - 11:40: Brookfield Baptist Church

11:50 - 12:10: Sarah Circle Off Brookfield

12:20 - 12:50: Red Bird Trailer Park (Next To Mystic Mini Mark)

Bus # 181

11:00 - 11:20: Casey Court

11:30 - 11:50: Residences At West Haven

12:00 - 12:20: The Groves

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