Three interstate highways - 64, 65 and 71 - carry traffic into or around the city of Louisville, Kentucky.
Louisville, the largest city in the commonwealth of Kentucky, has a population of 597,337 as of 2011, according to the website Sperling's Best Places. The website notes that the city's cost of living is 14.9 percent lower than the national average, but points out that unemployment rate is slightly higher. Many agencies and organizations in Louisville are actively engaged in efforts to provide for free what some people are unable to purchase.
Instructions
1. Identify and visit restaurants where children eat for free.
2. Sign up for Freecycle Louisville - an email group through which members give away items they no longer use in order to keep them out of landfills. Find free furniture, clothing, toys and food through the list.
3. Enroll your child in the free and reduced meals program of Jefferson County Public Schools. Enrollment provides your child with free breakfast and lunch each day during the school year, eliminates fees for field trips and precludes the need to pay class fees in high school.
4. Contact the PTA or the Family Resource Center/Youth Services Center at your child's school for uniform assistance. Upon request, the JCPS PTA gives each student enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program a pair of uniform pants, a shirt, a package of underwear and a package of socks.
5. Ask your child's school about any donated uniforms that your child might be able to use and return when they are outgrown.
6. Contact Community Ministries. This association of neighborhood ministries offers an array of services, including financial assistance, free food, free clothing and much more.
7. Eat a free meal at any of the many Louisville area soup kitchens. Homelessness is not a requirement. Many people who eat at the soup kitchens have an apartment and a job, but also have difficulty affording food.
8. Receive free dental care through Twice Touched Ministries. These free clinics are conducted throughout the year at different locations.
9. Visit the Clothes Closet at 2124 W. Muhammed Ali Boulevard between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to obtain free clothing.
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