Free Summer Meals for Kids

Note: Thank you for your interest in summer meals for children in Philadelphia.

This page will be updated for summer 2012 by June 18, 2012.

Find a Summer Meals Site:

Summer meals are served at recreation centers, schools, parks, churches, public housing complexes, WIC offices and community sites.

Call 311 to find your nearest site.
Download the 2011 Philadelphia Summer Meals Directory. (Updated August 2011) [PDF]
Search Pennsylvania's statewide map of summer meals sites.

Who Can Get Summer Meals?

Any child 18 or younger. There are no income requirements or registration in qualifying areas.
People with disabilities enrolled in educational programs up to age 21.

Why Are Summer Meals Important?

During the school year, thousands of low-income students eat free or reduced price meals at city schools. But when school is out, many of these children face increased risks for hunger and malnutrition during the summer months.

The summer meals program fills that gap by providing nutritious meals and snacks to children throughout Philadelphia during the summer, when school is out.

Spread the Word!

Many low-income children who need summer meals aren’t getting them. In 2010, more than 91,000 children ate summer meals in Philadelphia. But that’s at least 47,000 fewer than the number of children who received school meals during the school year.

With more than 1,000 sites providing free summer meals in Philadelphia, no child should go hungry this summer.

Summer meals are made available by the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program and Seamless Summer Option, which is administered in Pennsylvania by the Department of Education. Local sponsors include the Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation; the Philadelphia Housing Authority; the School District of Philadelphia; Nutritional Development Services, Archdiocese of Philadelphia; Congregation Beth Solomon; Agape Ministries; To Our Children's Future with Health; and Transformation Christian Assembly.

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