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50 recreation centers and six older adult centers to remain open

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50 recreation centers and six older adult centers to remain open

March 16, 2020 Darren Fava Philadelphia Parks & Recreation

Last updated March 20, 2020

Updated to reflect changes to meal service at Parks & Rec sites.

March 20, 2020 update

Parks & Rec staff distributed 8,000 meals to youth and seniors from Monday, March 16 to Friday, March 20. Meal service at recreation centers has ended, effective Friday, March 20. View a list of partner sites where meals are still available for youth ages Pre-K to 18.

Starting Monday, March 23, three of Parks & Rec older adult centers—Northeast, Mann, and Martin Luther King, Jr.—will remain open for meal distribution only. Grab-and-go meals for seniors will be available between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day.

Read the latest about what's open and closed at Parks & Rec sites.

Find free meals for youth while schools are closed.

See a full list of sites providing meals and safe spaces for youth 18 and under.