Children stand in line to recieve meals provided for them by a summer lunch program for the needy funded by a grant from NRPA and Walmart at Cornerstone Park in Elgin on June 26, 2012. | Katherine Peters~Sun-Times Media
Volunteer Park Tavares carries a cooler that were filled with lunches for needy families Tuesday at Cornerstone Park in Elgin following an Elgin Parks and Rec summer lunch program for the needy funded by a grant from NRPA and Walwmart. June 26, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Mildred Oviedo feeds her daughter Camila Rodriguez, 1, a free lunch Tuesday at Cornerstone Park in Elgin during an Elgin Parks and Rec summer lunch program for the needy funded by a grant from NRPA and Walwmart. June 26, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Tatiana Rosalez, 6, (from left) Moises Billa, 9, and Carlos Hernandez, 11, eat a freel lunch Tuesday at Cornerstone Park in Elgin during Elgin Parks and Rec summer lunch program for the needy funded by a grant from NRPA and Walwmart. June 26, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media
Children eat the meals provided for them by a summer lunch program for the needy funded by a grant from NRPA and Walmart at Cornerstone Park in Elgin on June 26, 2012. | Katherine Peters~Sun-Times Media
ELGIN — As James O’Connor of the National Recreation and Park Association sees it, free lunch programs such as the one conducted through Elgin’s Parks are Recreation Department are about much more than meals. As it stands, according to Parks and Recreation Director Randy Reopelle, … Read More
