Evan McGarvey, Business Manager for the Karns City Area School district, puts pineapple and watermelon in the trunk of a client’s car as The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank gave food out to approximately 200 families Monday June 12, 2023, at Karns City Area Junior Senior High School. Justin Guido/ Butler Eagle

Last summer, the Butler Area School District may have sent families to the Child Summer Food Service and Activities program at area parks, but this summer, that program doesn’t appear to be happening.

Instead, the the district is sending families as far to Knoch, Karns City Area and Moniteau school districts for one of several feeding programs.

In a Monday, June 12, letter to families, Butler superintendent Brian White alerted them to other feeding options for the summer.

One opportunity is through the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, which is bringing food distribution days to three schools in Butler County over the summer in the Knoch, Karns City Area and Moniteau school districts.

The distributions will be from 4 to 6 p.m. at Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School, 1446 Kittanning Pike, Karns City, on June 12, July 25 and Aug. 18; Dassa McKinney Elementary School, 391 Hooker Road, West Sunbury, on June 20, July 18 and Aug. 15; and Knoch Primary School, 328 Knoch Road, Saxonburg, on June 23, July 19 and Aug. 16.