Free meals paused at Waltham Library due to funding cut
The Waltham Boys & Girls Club has suspended its free food program at the Waltham Library due to a lack of funding.
In an email to the Waltham Times, the WBGC stated:
“Unfortunately, the funding provided to the Waltham Boys and Girls Club to support meal service at the library has been eliminated. Without this funding, we must temporarily pause meals at the library…We are actively working to identify funding solutions to reinstate the program as soon as possible.”
During the school year, the WBGS free meal service had been funded under the Child and Adult Care Food Program, a federal program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Those funds have now been eliminated.
The club is looking to secure private funding to operate the program at the library for the rest of the school year. For those who would like to support this effort, donations can be made at https://walthambgc.org/donate.
Meals will resume at the library at the end of June through the club’s Summer Eats service, which is funded by a separate USDA Summer Food Service Program. When school cafeterias close, children who rely on school meals will still have access to food.
The WBGS stated: We remain deeply committed to addressing food insecurity in Waltham and to restoring this [library meal] service sustainably.
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How a country allocates its budget reflects its values. Unfortunately our government’s values are those of a school bully – brute force and influence with no responsibility. Couple that with people who are easily distracted with lies about immigrants and you end up with the mess we’re now in – no allies in a unnecessary war. Help your friends and neighbors.
It’s heartbreaking to see the Waltham Library meal service paused because of these federal cuts. While the USDA and DOGE claim they are ‘purging’ waste, reports from Food Processing (a prominent B2B media brand serving the food and beverage manufacturing industry) show they’ve slashed nearly $1 billion from school nutrition and local food programs.
It’s hard to see how the American people are being put first when we are gutting essential hunger programs for kids and seniors while simultaneously pushing for massive increases in the defense budget.
If you can, please consider donating to the Waltham Boys & Girls Club to help them get this service back up and running for our neighbors.
So the federal government will spend millions of our tax dollars daily to bomb and kill people half the world away, while it eliminates funding to feed hungry children in our own communities.
Or perhaps our own government should have not spent billions on “immigrants,” all for the sake of votes, and concentrated on its own citizens. It works all ways.
Or perhaps our own government should have cut funding to education so we wouldn’t have so many smooth-brained imbeciles running loose.
Sarah, spot on i couldn’t agree more with your thoughts. Perhaps the Governor can assist, She certainly knows how to throw money around.