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Needles, California · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Needles, CA

8 summer 2026 meal sites in Needles, 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.

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Buy Rite

1932 J Street, Needles, CA 92363

Sponsor: Needles Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 24 to Jul 29, 2026, Wed: Breakfast 11:00am-11:15am, Lunch 11:00am-11:15am

Site phone: (909) 358-5026

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Chemehuevi Valley Elementary

81 Mills Road, Needles, CA 92363

Sponsor: Needles Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Wed: Breakfast 9:00am-9:30am, Lunch 9:00am-9:30am

Site phone: (909) 358-5026

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Colorado River Market

2100 Needles Hwy, Needles, CA 92363

Sponsor: Needles Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 24 to Jul 29, 2026, Wed: Breakfast 9:00am-9:15am, Lunch 9:00am-9:15am

Site phone: (909) 358-5026

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Katie Hohstadt

600 Cibola St., Needles, CA 92363

Sponsor: Needles Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 24 to Jul 29, 2026, Wed: Breakfast 9:40am-9:55am, Lunch 9:40am-9:55am

Site phone: (909) 358-5026

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Mormon Church

2001 El Monte, Needles, CA 92363

Sponsor: Needles Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 24 to Jul 29, 2026, Wed: Breakfast 10:40am-10:55am, Lunch 10:40am-10:55am

Site phone: (909) 358-5026

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Needles Utility Office

817 Third St., Needles, CA 92363

Sponsor: Needles Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 24 to Jul 29, 2026, Wed: Breakfast 9:20am-9:35am, Lunch 9:20am-9:35am

Site phone: (909) 358-5026

Meals to go · Open to all kids

River Garden Apartments

1970 Clary Drive, Needles, CA 92363

Sponsor: Needles Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 24 to Jul 29, 2026, Wed: Breakfast 10:00am-10:15am, Lunch 10:00am-10:15am

Site phone: (909) 358-5026

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Terrace View Apartments

1501 Lillyhill Drive, Needles, CA 92363

Sponsor: Needles Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 24 to Jul 29, 2026, Wed: Breakfast 10:20am-10:35am, Lunch 10:20am-10:35am

Site phone: (909) 358-5026

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.