School district, churches and volunteers partner to help feed students through closure
MADISON – The sudden closure of schools is causing food insecurity for some in the Madison community.
Madison City Schools interim superintendent Eric Terrell announced earlier this week that the school district wants to ease some of those anxieties by offering food pickup at several school lunchrooms and through pickup locations across the community.
The following schools will now offer free grab-n-go lunches daily, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. through the remainder of this week. Distribution will be through walk-up or drive-through service. This is for students only and they must be present to receive a meal.
Locations are Rainbow, Horizon, James Clemens, Mill Creek and West Madison. Triana area students can pick up a grab-n-go lunch at the Town Municipal Building between 10:30 and 12:30 a.m. throughout the remainder of the week.
Madison City Schools is also partnering with several churches and non-profit agencies to help provide food assistance. This outreach is to any family served by Madison City Schools.
Pickup locations have been identified for daily distribution of food by families served by Madison City Schools. The rotations started Tuesday at Asbury Church at 980 Hughes Road, 5-7 p.m. and continue weekdays until April 6.
Locations and times are as follows:
Mondays: First Baptist Church 4257 Sullivan Street, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesdays: Asbury Church, 980 Hughes Road, Madison, 5-7 p.m. (Use Gillespie Road entrance).
Wednesdays: Trinity Baptist, 1088 Hughes Road, Madison, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Thursdays: Asbury Church, 980 Hughes Road, Madison, 5-7 p.m. (Use Gillespie Road entrance).
Fridays: Heritage Church, 29768 Huntsville-Browns Ferry Road, Madison,
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Triana area families will be served by Inside-Out-Ministries and Crosspointe Church on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at a location in Triana to be announced.
If there are special circumstances preventing you from picking up at one of these locations, please email the MCS social worker, Briana Hawkins, at bbhawkins@madisoncity.k12.al.
If you are interested in volunteering in this effort or donating non perishable food items, email the MCS Development Office: lshaw@madisoncity.k12.al.us
Asbury’s Food Pantry volunteers as well as local teachers are working hard to pack and hand out bags. The Asbury Food pantry is currently open to continue accepting non-perishable donations and the Church Office is open from 8am-4:30pm.
