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Bessemer, Alabama · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Bessemer, AL

8 summer 2026 meal sites in Bessemer, with the sponsor, address, dates and meal times each one published to USDA.

These are last summer's sites

Need food for your kids now? Call the USDA National Hunger Hotline at 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479), Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern, or check the official USDA Summer Meals Site Finder. The list below is the summer 2026 season, which ended on September 30, 2026. These sites are not listed as open now, and the dates and meal times are from last summer, not a schedule for this year or next summer. Sites for the next summer are usually announced in the spring.

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Bessemer City High School

4950 Premiere Pkwy, Bessemer, AL 35022

Sponsor: Bessemer City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (205) 475-4544

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Bessemer City Parks and Recreation Center

100 14th Street, Bessemer, AL 35020

Sponsor: Bessemer City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-9:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (205) 475-4544

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Charles F Hard Elem Sch

2801 Arlington Avenue, Bessemer, AL 35020

Sponsor: Bessemer City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (205) 475-4544

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Empower Community Upper School

751 A Academy Dr, Bessemer, AL 35022

Sponsor: Empower Community School · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran May 27 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm

Site phone: (205) 881-8753

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Jonesboro Elementary School

125 Owen Avenue, Bessemer, AL 35020

Sponsor: Bessemer City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (205) 475-4544

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Legacy YMCA

1501 4th. Ave. SW, Bessemer, AL 35022

Sponsor: Legacy YMCA · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran May 26 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:00am-9:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm

Site phone: (205) 436-2822

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

McCalla Elmentary School

2020 McCalla School Road, Bessemer, AL 35022

Sponsor: Jefferson County Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-9:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (205) 379-3770

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Westhills Elementary School

710 Glenn Rd, Bessemer, AL 35022

Sponsor: Bessemer City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (205) 475-4544

SUN Bucks in Alabama

USDA's 2026 map showed Alabama as participating in SUN Bucks (Summer EBT). See the Alabama details.

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Source: USDA Food and Nutrition Administration Summer Meals Site Finder (public data layer), a list that local sponsors give to state agencies and states submit to USDA. Season 2026, serving dates Apr 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, data last updated by USDA Sep 9, 2026. We show spellings, dates, days, meal times, addresses and phone numbers as published and do not check them; late changes may be missing. SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) status is from USDA's participation page, last updated Aug 14, 2026. Sites that deliver meals, closed sites and sites that are not open to the public are not listed, and Puerto Rico and the other territories are not included here. To report a wrong listing, contact your state agency. A listing is not an endorsement.