The Knoxville Food Youth Initiative’s summer lunch program will be taking a break following this week’s meals as the program coincides with the Knoxville summer school schedule.

Head cook for the program Theresa Cecil tells KNIA/KRLS News as of Monday the program has fed close to 1,200 kids in just three weeks which surpasses the amount of kids fed during all of last summer. The program will return on July 24th and will run through August 10th. Beginning on July 24th the lunch menu for the program will be announced daily as part of the KNIA/KRLS Morning Magazine.