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THOMASVILLE – Children may not be in school for the next two months, but that does not mean they will be without a food source until next school year.

The Thomasville YMCA is assisting in providing breakfast and lunch for school-aged children in Thomas County, through Happy Helpings – Georgia’s Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided at more than 30 locations to children age 18 and younger at no charge.

Cindy Quigg, human resources director of the Thomasville YMCA, talked about the importance of children in her community having access to food during the summer.

“In a lot of cases, this is the only meal some of these kids get. During the school year the kids rely on school lunches, but during the summer, they don’t have school lunches to rely on. We go into the neighborhoods so that the kids will be able to get a meal,” Quigg said.

“We have 34 locations. We also go into Pavo, Barwick, Ochlocknee, Boston, Coolidge; it’s a great program. We’ve been doing it since the ’90s, I think. We’ve been doing it for quite a while. It’s a great program every year. The kids depend on it.”

Below is a list of locations:

— Harper Elementary School 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

— Butler-Mason YMCA 8 a.m.-8:45 a.m.; noon-1 p.m.

— Weston YMCA 8 a.m.-8:45 a.m.; noon-1 p.m.

— Thomasville High School 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

— Villa North 8 a.m.-8:45 a.m.; noon-1 p.m.

— Camp Pineywoods 8 a.m.-8:45 a.m.; noon-1 p.m.

— Cross Creek 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

— Garrison Pilcher 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

— Hand-in-Hand 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

— Scott Elementary 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

— Thomas County Central High 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

— Thomas County Middle 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

— MacIntyre Park Middle 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

— Mt. Sinai 8 a.m.-8:45 a.m.

— Renaissance School 7:30 a.m.-8:15 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

— Balfour noon-1 p.m.

— Boston Center on Johnson St. noon-1 p.m.

— Barwick Central Park noon- 1 p.m.

— Flipper Homes noon- 1 p.m.

— Faircloth Housing noon- 1 p.m.

— Francis Weston Park noon- 1 p.m.

— Meigs Community Center noon- 1 p.m.

— Pavo Community Center noon- 1 p.m.

— Ochlocknee City Park noon- 1 p.m.

— Rivers of Life noon- 1 p.m.

— Best for Guest noon- 1 p.m.

— Cherokee Apartments noon- 1 p.m.

— North Crawford St. City Park noon- 1 p.m.

— Thy Kingdom Come Ministries noon- 1 p.m.

— Wright St. Grocery noon- 1 p.m.

— Wood Valley Apts. noon- 1 p.m.

— Coolidge Community Association noon- 1 p.m.

— Market Station noon- 1 p.m.

— Worldwide Ministries of Christ noon- 1 p.m.

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