NCSS Adds Additional Food Distribution Sites

NCSS Adds Additional Food Distribution and Delivery Sites
Posted on 05/09/2020
Free Meal Program

The Newton County School System continues to provide FREE breakfast and lunch meals Monday through Friday at numerous sites to all children under the age of 18, or under the age of 21 for students with special needs. Breakfast and lunch meals for Saturday and Sunday are provided on Fridays at all meal distribution sites. Children must be present for meals to be provided. Families can pick up meals at the following meal distribution sites Monday through Friday. Effective Monday, May 11, 2020, the school system will add two meal distribution sites at Cousins Middle School and Livingston Elementary School and two school bus stop locations—Newton County Fire Department Station 2 and Spring Hill United Methodist Church—for a total of twenty-seven meal distribution sites and one SuperPack distribution site.

NCSS meal distribution sites at schools:

  • Alcovy High School
    14567 Highway 36, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • (NEW LOCATION) Cousins Middle School – Effective 5/11/2020
    8187 Carlton Trail NW, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • (NEW LOCATION) Livingston Elementary School – Effective 5/11/2020
    3657 Highway 81 South, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • Middle Ridge Elementary School
    11649 Covington Bypass Road, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • Newton High School
    1 Ram Way, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • Oak Hill Elementary School
    6243 Highway 212, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • South Salem Elementary School
    5335 Salem Road, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • Veterans Memorial Middle School
    13357 Brown Bridge Road, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

 

NCSS is also delivering meals directly to the following neighborhoods. Please note delivery times for each site .

  • Arbor Lake Apartments (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    431 Kirkland Road, Covington
    Time: Noon – 12:45 pm

  • Bethlehem Baptist Church (Meal distribution partner: Bethlehem Baptist Church)
    2177 Usher Street NW, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – Noon

  • Cedar Grove Mobile Home Park (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    961 Highway 11 South, Mansfield
    Time: 11:45 am – 12:30 pm

  • City of Porterdale (Meal distribution partner: Action Ministries)
    Intersection of Main Street (Hwy. 81) & Hemlock Street, Porterdale
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • Covington Estates (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    460 Highway 142, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 11:30 am

  • The Enclave at Gross Lake (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    100 Gross Lake Parkway
    Time: 12:15 pm – 12:45 pm

  • Eagle Point Community (Meal distribution partner: Action Ministries)
    12145 Highway 36, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • Housing Authority of the City of Covington (Meal distribution partner: Action Ministries)
    5160 Alcovy Road, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • Jamestown (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    2nd Avenue & Lee Street, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 11:30 am

  • Magnolia Heights Apartments (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    10156 Magnolia Heights Circle, Covington
    Time: 11:45 am – 12:15 pm

  • Nelson Heights Community Center (Meal distribution partner: Action Ministries)
    7200 Lassiter St. SW, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • (NEW LOCATION) Newton County Fire Dept. – Station 2 (NCSS school bus stop delivery) – Effective 5/11/2020
    3687 Highway 162, Covington
    Time: 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

  • Oak Forest Mobile Home Community (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    67 Cowan Road, Covington
    Time: 11:40 am – Noon

  • Park View Apartments (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    10920 Covington Bypass Road, Covington
    Time: 12:20 pm – 12:50 pm

  • Riverside Estates (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    1891 Access Road, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 11:30 am

  • Salem Springs Mobile Home Park (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    4020 Salem Road, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 11:30 am

  • (NEW LOCATION) Spring Hill United Methodist Church (NCSS school bus stop delivery) – Effective 5/11/2020
    1228 Highway 162, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 11:30 am

  • Wagon Train (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    3559 Salem Road, Covington
    Time: 11:45 am – 12:15 pm

  • Wells Mobile Home Park (NCSS school bus stop delivery)
    12641 Brown Bridge Road, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 11:30 am

This program is solely for the pick-up of meals at distribution sites and bus stop locations, as meals cannot be consumed on site. If your student currently receives a documented Special Diet Meal Accommodation through the School Nutrition Program, please let us know by contacting us at 770-788-3120.

In partnership with the Newton County Board of Commissioners and Action Ministries, the Newton County School System is distributing food SuperPacks. The SuperPacks contain breakfast and lunch items and serve as a complement to the school system’s ongoing meal distribution program. Families can pick up the SuperPacks, while supplies last, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

SuperPack distribution site:

  • Fairview Elementary School
    3325 Fairview Road, Covington
    Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm