Free Summer Meals for Kids in El Centro, CA

4 summer 2026 meal sites in El Centro, 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

Central Union High

1001 Brighton Ave., El Centro, CA 92243

Sponsor: Central Union High School District · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 9 to Jul 8, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:15am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (760) 336-4261

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Naval Air Facility El Centro

B Street, Naf Building 3400, El Centro, CA 92243

Sponsor: Navy Region Southwest, Child and Youth Programs · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Aug 21, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:30am-9:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm

Site phone: (760) 339-2917

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Sweet Home Church

120 E. Holt. Ave., El Centro, CA 92243

Sponsor: Neighborhood House of Calexico INC · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jul 27 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Supper 7:00pm-7:30pm

Site phone: (501) 551-0839

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Valley Academy

253 East Ross Ave., El Centro, CA 92243

Sponsor: Calexico Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 8 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:30am, Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm

Site phone: (760) 768-3875

SUN Bucks in California

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