"the People's Paths!" Cherokee News Path - Sequoyah Schools Will Serve Free Meals This Summer

Sequoyah Schools will make sure that area kids have a good, hot breakfast and lunch all summer long. The school will serve free meals to any child under the age of 18 beginning on May 26 and ending July 17.

“We want to make sure that all of the kids in the area get a good meal,” said Angelia Dowty, Sequoyah Schools’ food service director. “Some families may struggle with trying to feed all of their kids three meals a day or they just may not have time to cook. This is a way that we can help with that.”

Meals will be served at the Sequoyah Schools’ cafeteria, located south of Tahlequah on Highway 62. Breakfast will be served from 7 a.m. until 8 a.m. and lunch will be served from 11 a.m. until noon. Adults may purchase meals for $3 each.

For more information on the Sequoyah Schools’ Summer Feeding Program, contact Dowty, phone: 918-453-5190.

Sequoyah Schools, a boarding school for Native American students, originated in 1871 as an orphan asylum to care for children who were orphaned by the Civil War. Now known as Sequoyah Schools, it is named for Sequoyah, the scholar who developed the Cherokee syllabary. The school is regionally and state accredited for grades 7-12 and has become the school of choice for more than 400 Native American students every year. Sequoyah Schools is located five miles southwest of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. For more information call 918-453-5400 or visit the Sequoyah Schools’ web site.