Workshops aimed at helping parents talk to kids about teen pregnancy are scheduled for later in the month.

The Southern Nevada Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition will host a series of free workshops for parents and guardians interested in talking to their pre-teen and teen children about sexual relationships, preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

The first workshop is scheduled for 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29 at the Walnut Cecile Community Center, 3075 Walnut Road.

It is almost time for back to school for most kids in southern Nevada, and kids with parents in the military are getting some extra help to go back to class.

Operation Homefront Nevada has spent the last month collecting school supplies for the annual Back-to-School Brigade program. This weekend those supplies will be disturbed to the children of service members. The event will be Saturday at the Floyd Edsell Training Center, 6400 Range Road.

Operation Homefront Nevada has teamed up with local businesses to collect pens, paper, scissors and other items needed for school. They also worked with Operation Homefront groups from around the country.

The YMCA of Southern Nevada is helping fill the gap left by the schools being closed for the summer. The Y is offering free meals and snacks for kids under 18 through the Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program.

The YMCA has partnered with the Walmart Foundation. The foundation gave the program a $22,500 grant to address childhood hunger in southern Nevada. That money is being used to make sure more kids have access to the summer food program. Around the country, an estimated 21 million children lose access to free or reduced-cost meals during the summer.

There will be free lunches available at these YMCA locations Monday through Friday:

• Heinrich YMCA, 4141 Meadows Lane
• Serving 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Durango Hills YMCA, 3521 N. Durango Dr.
• Serving 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• SkyView YMCA, 3050 E. Centennial Parkway
• Serving Noon to 2 p.m.