City of Rochester
News Release
(Thursday, May 14, 2020) – Effective Monday, May 18, Helen Barrett Montgomery School No. 50, located at 301 Seneca Avenue, will be added to the list of locations currently operating as part of the grab-and-go meal distribution system that is a partnership between the City of Rochester, the Rochester City School District and Foodlink.
School No. 50 will join eight other RCSD school sites, as well as the nine R-Centers locations that are operated by the City’s Department of Recreation and Youth Services.
All RCSD meal distribution sites, including School No. 50, are open from 8 am. – 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. City R-Center locations are open from 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., also on Monday through Friday.
The complete list of current distribution sites is below:
City R-Centers (open from 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Monday – Friday):
• Adams Street, 85 Adams St.
• Avenue D, 200 Ave. D
• Carter Street, 500 Carter St.
• Tyshaun Cauldwell, 524 Campbell St.
• Frederick Douglass, 990 South Ave.
• Flint Street, 271 Flint St.
• David Gantt, 700 North St.
• Trenton & Pamela Jackson (Clinton-Baden), 485 N. Clinton Ave.
• Thomas Ryan, 530 Webster Ave.
RCSD School Sites (open 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Monday – Friday):
• East Upper & Lower School, 1801 E. Main St.
• Dr. Freddy Thomas Campus, 625 Scio St.
• The Former Jefferson High School, 1 Edgerton Pk.
• James Monroe High School, 164 Alexander St.
• John Williams School No. 5, 555 N. Plymouth Ave.
• Wilson Foundation Academy, 200 Genesee St.
• Abelard Reynolds School No. 42, 3330 Lake Ave.
• Virgil I. Grissom School No. 7, 31 Bryan St.
• Helen Barrett Montgomery School No. 50, 301 Seneca Ave.
Meal distribution sites have been in operation throughout the city since mid-March. These locations provide grab-and-go breakfast, lunch and dinner meals to school-aged youth to ensure that children receive adequate nourishment while schools are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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