Following Wednesday’s distribution of thousands of holiday meal kits to the Las Cruces Public Schools community, an additional day has been added to hand out additional boxes of food and produce.
LCPS Nutrition Services staff and administration will distribute more meal kits Friday, Dec. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon. Unlike Wednesday’s requirement, children need not be present to pick up food. The meals will be distributed from the Nutrition Services warehouse on Tashiro Drive, and traffic in the area will be impacted.
Tashiro Drive between Motel Boulevard and Valley Drive will be closed to eastbound and westbound traffic and families who would like to pick up meal kits are asked to enter the Field of Dreams parking lot using the Motel Boulevard entrance west of the field. To accommodate expected traffic congestion, traffic will be routed through the Field of Dreams parking lot and into the Nutrition Services parking lot at 2101 Tashiro Drive. As traffic exits the parking lot, cars will be directed in a left-hand turn only lane back onto Tashiro Drive towards Valley Drive. Law enforcement will be assisting with traffic, and motorists are asked to slow down, watch for pedestrians, and obey posted signs.
For more information on the holiday meal distribution, call (575) 527-5994.
