Free summer meals available for children starting in June | Families

Polk County, Florida-- The School Nutrition Department will provide nutritionally balanced meals to children through the Summer Foodservice Program starting June 13.  It will last until August 1.

It should be noted that meals will not be available on July 4 in observation of Independence Day.

Nutritionally balanced meals will be provided to all children regardless of race, color, sex, disability, age or national origin during summer vacation when school breakfast and lunches are not available. 

All children 18 years old and younger are eligible for meals at no charge. The programs are only approved for geographical areas of need where 50 percent or more of the children qualify for free and reduced-price meals during the school year.

Summer feeding sites provide meals to all children in the immediate vicinity in addition to those enrolled in summer programs.

A list of participating sites is included by location with Breakfast and Lunch times in parentheses: 

Auburndale

• Auburndale Central Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.),
• Auburndale Community Center (11:30a.m. to Noon)
• City of Auburndale Ariana Beach Club (Noon to 1p.m.)
• Boswell Elementary (11 a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Stambaugh Middle (8a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to 12:30p.m.)

Bartow

• Bartow Middle (Noon to 1p.m.)
• Carver Recreation Center (11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Gause Academy (8a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to 12:30p.m.)

Davenport

• Horizon Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m.to12:30p.m.)
• Veterans for Youth (8a.m. to 8:45a.m., 11a.m. to 11:45a.m.)

 Eagle Lake

• Eagle Lake Elementary (8a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to12:30p.m.)
• Linda Weldon Activity Center (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m.,11:30a.m.to12:30p.m.)

Eaton Park

• O.J. Pope Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m.to 12:30p.m.)

Fort Meade

• Anna Woodbury Elementary Campus (7:30a.m. to 8a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Lewis Elementary Campus (8:15a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:45a.m. to 12:15p.m.)
• Peaceful Believers Church (Noon to 1p.m.)

Frostproof

• Ben Hill Griffin Jr. Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Lakeview Park Community Center (8:30a.m.to 9:30a.m., 11:30a.m.to 12:30p.m.)

Haines City

• Alta Vista Elementary (8a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to 12:30p.m.)
• Bethune Neighborhood Center (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• Boone Middle (11:30a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
• Citrus Center Boys & Girls Club (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m. to 1:30p.m.)
• Eastside Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Haines City Community Center (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• New Beulah Missionary Church (Noon to 1:30p.m.)
• Northridge Christian Preschool (8a.m. to 9a.m., 11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Shamrock First Baptist Church (11a.m. to 1p.m.)

Lake Alfred

• Highland Community Center (10:30a.m. to Noon)
• Lake Alfred Summer Recreation Program (11:30a.m. to Noon)

Lake Wales

• Citrus Center Boys & Girls Club (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m. to 1:30p.m.)
• Greater St. Thomas Holiness Church (Noon to 1:30p.m.)
• Green & Gold Foundation (8:15a.m. to 8:45a.m., 12:15p.m. to 12:45p.m.)
• Hillcrest Elementary (11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal De South Lake Wales (8:30a.m. to 9:15a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:15p.m.)

Lakeland

• Boys & Girls Club–Musso (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• Boys & Girls Club – Sanders (8a.m.to 9a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• Boys & Girls Club – Schowe (8a.m. to 9a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• Cheyenne Territory (8:30a.m. to 9a.m., 11:30a.m. to Noon)
• Coleman –Bush Building (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Crystal Lake Elementary (11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Dakota Park (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• Dare to Achieve (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• Dixieland Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8a.m., 11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Dr. N.E. Roberts Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Explorations V (11:30a.m. to 1:30p.m.) 
• First United Methodist Church (8a.m. to 9a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• Girls Inc.- Jenkins Center (11a.m. to Noon)
• Harrison School of the Arts (11:30a.m. to Noon),
• Highlands City Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Highlands Grove Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Journey to Excellence (7:30a.m.to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Lake Ridge (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• New Dimension of Faith (8a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Phillip O’ Brien Elementary (11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• R. Bruce Wagner Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Sikes Elementary (7:30a.m.to 8a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Simpson Park Community Center (8:30a.m. to 9a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• Sleepy Hill Elementary (11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Sleepy Hill Middle (11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Southwest Middle (11a.m. to 1p.m.)

Mulberry

• Kingsford Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8:00a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Mulberry High School (8a.m. to 8:45a.m., 12:15p.m. to 1p.m.)
• Purcell Elementary (8a.m. to 9a.m., 11a.m. to 1p.m.)

Poinciana

• Lake Marion Creek Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8a.m., 11a.m. to 1p.m.)

Polk City

• Polk City Elementary (11a.m. to 1p.m.)

Winter Haven

• Abbey Lane Apartments (11:30 a.m. to Noon)
• Chain O’Lakes Complex (11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Chain of Lakes Elementary (11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Citrus Center Boys & Girls Club (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m. to 1:30p.m.)
• Denison Middle School (11a.m. to 1p.m)
• Garden Grove Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Garner Elementary (8:30a.m. to 9:15a.m)
• Girls Inc. (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Hartridge Academy (9a.m. to 9:30a.m., 12:30p.m. to 1:30p.m.)
• Lake Shipp Elementary  (7:30a.m. to 8a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• New Beginning High School (8a.m. to 8:30a.m., Noon to 12:30p.m.)
• New Life Kingdom Kids Academy (8a.m. to 9a.m., Noon to 1p.m.)
• Palm Place Apartments (9a.m. to 10a.m., 1p.m. to 3p.m.)
• Rotary Park Playground (11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Wahneta Elementary (7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m., 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m.)
• Westwood Middle School (11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Winter Haven PAL (11a.m. to 1p.m.)
• Winter Haven Recreational & Cultural Center (Noon to 1p.m.)

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