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Meal Time   
• Breakfast is available for children in the Infant and Toddler classrooms (only) who arrive at the center prior to 8:00 a.m. A mid-morning snack, hot lunch and mid-afternoon snack is provided to all Toddler children, which is included in their tuition.
• Parents should make sure that their child eats breakfast prior to coming to school, as we do not have our snack until mid-morning.
• Children have the option to stay for lunch. Lunches from home should be in a lunch kit, labeled with child’s name, and include a thermos or boxed drink and a napkin. Lunches served by ECM will be catered once per week by local eating establishments in 
our community.
• Lunch will be served between 11:00am and 12:00 Noon.

Parents may choose to provide the child’s meals and/or snacks from home. Parents understand that ECM is not responsible for the nutritional value or meeting the child’s daily food needs for any food provided by the parent.

Parents are encouraged to include a variety of foods from the four major food groups: cereal or bread, dairy, fruit or vegetable, and meats. Please DO NOT send soft drinks, gum, hard candy or an abundance of sugared treats.

Parents will be allowed to remove their child from the Program for lunch purposes during their room’s scheduled lunch period. If you wish to eat lunch with your child in the building please be considerate of other meetings or happenings in the church. Nursing mothers are welcome to come to ECM and may nurse their child anytime. 
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Food Allergies
ECM will work with children that have a food allergy. Please notify the Director immediately if your child has been diagnosed with
any food related allergies. Notification of allergies will be posted in the classroom.

Children with food allergies are at risk when they eat foods which have not been prepared or served by their own parent or an ECM employee who has knowledge of the food ingredients and individual children’s needs. Food provided by a parent and shared with
other children MUST meet the needs of children who require special diets.

Additional Info: July Breakfast Menu July Lunch Menu July Snack Menu