A free picnic for Portland school children and their parents has been postponed until Thursday because of rainy weather.

The event, which was originally scheduled for today, will be held at Deering Oaks from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday and is part of the school district’s annual meals program, which provides healthy, consistent meals to kids 18 and younger during the school year and the summer.

When students are out of the classroom in the summer, the school department establishes 18 sites throughout the city where it distributes free lunch each day. Part of the initiative this year includes additional learning opportunities for students at each site, such as science experiments, reading, art and games.

The picnic is part of an effort called Feeding Bodies & Minds, a collaboration between Portland Public Schools, Preble Street Maine Hunger Initiative, The Opportunity Alliance, Healthy Portland, 211 Maine and other organizations.

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