Free meals for kids summer program serves more than 8,300

Jeff Williams (left), pastor of the Wayland United Methodist Church, and Tim Murtaugh, interim pastor at the United Church of Wayland, two of the recipients of awards from the Wayland Board of Education for being host sites for this past summer’s free meals programs for children up to 18 years of age. Others included Dorr Township Library, Henika District Library, Gun Lake Community Church, Wayland Christian Reformed Church, Pine Street Elementary and Steeby Elementary. Food service director Sarah Parr said more than 8,300 free lunches were served from June through the first week of September.