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HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — The continuing spread of the coronavirus has prompted school closures in Virginia and North Carolina.

Each school district is handling closures differently. You can learn about how local leaders are responding here.

Many school districts will continue feeding students as they are able. Here is what you need to know about those feeding programs:

VIRGINIA

Accomack County 

Food services will continue to serve meals to students Monday through Thursday at the following sites:

Learn more about food distribution here.

Chesapeake

Beginning Monday, April 17 lunch and breakfast items will be provided to children on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Meals will be given out to cover the entire week including Saturday and Sunday.

Locations serving food from 10 a.m. to 10:40 a.m.:

Locations serving food from 10:50 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.:

The “Crusin’ Cafe will distribute food at the following locations and times

Learn more about food distribution here.

Gloucester County 

Lunch and breakfast items will be served for three from Monday through Thursday between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the following locations:

Students will receive an extra meal on Thursday to supplement for Friday.

Learn more about food distribution here.

Hampton

Effective Monday, April 20 Hampton City Schools will be consolidating student meal services to Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Families can pick up two days worth of meals on Monday and Wednesday at the following locations:

Learn more about food distribution here.

Isle of Wight County Schools

Free meals are available for pick up on weekdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the following locations:

School buses will deliver meals to 31 locations in Isle of Wight County:

Learn more about food distribution here.

Mathews County

Breakfast and lunch is available for pickup for children at the Mathew High School bus loop on weekdays between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Families who need food delivery can call the Food Service Department at (804) 725-4684.

Learn more about food distribution here.

Newport News

Free meals are available on weekdays from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the following sites:

Learn more about food distribution here.

Norfolk

Norfolk Public Schools will serve grab-and-go breakfast and lunch meals to students Monday through Friday.

Norfolk Public Schools has expanded its meal distribution to include providing weekend meals to students starting May 1. Every Friday, children will be given additional breakfast and lunch items for Saturday in Sunday, in addition to their regular weekday meal.

Meals will be distributed at the following sites from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

NPS school buses will also continue to delivery food on weekdays at the following sites:

Beginning May 11, NPS will add five new food distribution sites. In a news release, the school system said these sites are being added due to an “increased demand for meals.”

The new distribution sites include:

Also beginning May 11, meal distribution sites will adopt a new schedule.

Meals will be distributed on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children will receive multiple meals on the days of distribution to account for food on Tuesdays, Thursday, and the weekends.

Northampton County

Northampton County Public Schools has temporarily stopped its food program after some employees were exposed to COVID-19.

Portsmouth

Free meals will be distributed by Portsmouth Public Schools and the City of Portsmouth on weekdays.

Portsmouth Public School locations (breakfast and lunch):

Magic food bus locations (breakfast and lunch):

Parks & Recreation locations (lunch and dinner):

Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority:

Department of Social Services:

Suffolk

Bagged breakfast and lunch will be served on weekdays at King’s Fork High School from 9 a.m. to noon.

Food will also be distributed by bus at the following sites:

Learn more about food distribution here.

Surry County

Free meals will be available for all children on weekdays from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the following sites:

Learn more about food distribution here.

Virginia Beach

Free meals will be provided on weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon at the following locations:

Learn more about Virginia Beach food distribution here.

A third meal — dinner — will be offered at specific sites starting May 11, including:

Williamsburg/James City County

Free meals will be distributed on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the following locations:

Learn more about food distribution here.

York County

Free meals will be available for pick up on Mondays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the following locations:

Learn more about food distribution here.

NORTH CAROLINA

Camden County

Grab and go lunches are available from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday at Grandy Primary School in the cafeteria.

Currituck County

Free meals will be served on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the following sites:

Learn more about meal distribution here.

Dare County

Free meals will be served on weekdays. Breakfast will be served from 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. and lunch will be available from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Meals will be served at the following sites:

Learn more about meal distribution here.

Elizabeth City-Pasquotank

Free meals will be served on weekdays. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Lunch will be served from noon to 2 p.m. Meals will be served at the following locations:

Meals are available to all youth ages 1 to 18, or still enrolled in K-12 school. NOTE: Exceptional Children students are eligible up to age 22.

Learn more about meal distribution here.

This is an evolving list and we will update it as the information becomes available.


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