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Gadsden, Alabama · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Gadsden, AL

10 summer 2026 meal sites in Gadsden, 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.

All sites (10) · Eat on-site (8) · Meals to go (2)

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Antioch Baptist Church

2103 E. Broad St, Gadsden, AL 35903

Sponsor: Gadsden City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 1 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:15pm

Site phone: (256) 504-3402

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Boys and Girls Club AT RISK

2000 W. Meighan Blvd, Gadsden, AL 35901

Sponsor: Gadsden City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 1 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:15pm

Site phone: (256) 459-4573

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Carver Gym/Community Center

1030 Tuscaloosa Ave, Gadsden, AL 35901

Sponsor: Gadsden City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

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

Site phone: (256) 549-4668

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

East Gadsden Comm. Ctr.

921 Wilson Ave, Gadsden, AL 35903

Sponsor: Gadsden City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 1 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm

Site phone: (256) 549-4707

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Gaston High School

4550 US Hwy 411, Gadsden, AL 35901

Sponsor: Etowah County Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 1 to Jun 28, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm

Site phone: (256) 549-7572

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Gaston High School

4550 US Hwy 411, Gadsden, AL 35901

Sponsor: Etowah County Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 4 to Jun 25, 2026, Thu: Breakfast 12:45pm-1:00pm, Lunch 12:45pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (256) 549-7572

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Highland Elementary School

3156 Tabor Rd, Gadsden, AL 35904

Sponsor: Etowah County Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 1 to Jun 28, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-11:30am

Site phone: (256) 549-7572

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Highland Elementary School

3156 Tabor Rd, Gadsden, AL 35904

Sponsor: Etowah County Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 4 to Jun 25, 2026, Thu: Breakfast 12:45pm-1:00pm, Lunch 12:45pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (256) 549-7572

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

New Destiny Church

201 Goldenrod Ave., Gadsden, AL 35901

Sponsor: Gadsden City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 1 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm

Site phone: (256) 622-9040

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

SPAN Program

2000 W. Meithan Blvd., Gadsden, AL 35901

Sponsor: Gadsden City Board of Education · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 1 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm

Site phone: (256) 543-2489

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.