Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Avenue Library
606 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura, CA 93001
Sponsor: Ventura Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jul 6 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
Site phone: (805) 218-3592
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Ventura, California · summer 2026 (last summer)
Free Summer Meals for Kids in Ventura, CA
13 summer 2026 meal sites in Ventura, 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
Balboa Middle
247 Hill Rd., Ventura, CA 93003
Sponsor: Ventura Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jul 6 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:15am-8:30am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm
Site phone: (805) 641-5000
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Boys & Girls Club E.j. Harrison Family Youth Center
11321 Violeta Street, Ventura, CA 93004
Sponsor: Lighthouse 4kids INC · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 15 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:30am-9:30am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
Site phone: (805) 585-3381
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Boys & Girls Club Martin V. Smith Youth Center
1900 West Fifth Street, Ventura, CA 93030
Sponsor: Lighthouse 4kids INC · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 22 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 12:30pm-1:30pm, Afternoon snack 3:30pm-4:30pm
Site phone: (805) 815-4999
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura Lefevre Center
1929 Johnson Drive, Ventura, CA 93003
Sponsor: Lighthouse 4kids INC · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 15 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:30am-9:30am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
Site phone: (805) 666-9188
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Buena High
5670 Telegraph Rd., Ventura, CA 93003
Sponsor: Ventura Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jul 6 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 10:00am-10:15am, Lunch 12:15pm-12:45pm
Site phone: (805) 641-5000
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
E. P. Foster Elementary
20 Pleasant Pl., Ventura, CA 93001
Sponsor: Ventura Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jul 6 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:45am-8:15am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm
Site phone: (805) 641-5000
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Elmhurst Elementary
5080 Elmhurst St., Ventura, CA 93003
Sponsor: Ventura Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jul 6 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:15am-8:30am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm
Site phone: (805) 641-5000
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Juanamaria Elementary
100 South Crocker Ave., Ventura, CA 93004
Sponsor: Ventura Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jul 6 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:45am-8:15am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm
Site phone: (805) 641-5000
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Pacific High
501 College Dr., Ventura, CA 93003
Sponsor: Ventura Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jul 6 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:15am-8:30am, Lunch 10:15am-10:30am
Site phone: (805) 641-5000
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Rancho Verde Apartments
10503 Los Gatos Street, Ventura, CA 93004
Sponsor: Ventura Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jun 29 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
Site phone: (805) 626-5606
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Ventura High
2 North Catalina St., Ventura, CA 93001
Sponsor: Ventura Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 10:00am-10:15am, Lunch 12:15pm-12:45pm
Site phone: (805) 641-5000
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Villages at Westview
1187 Riverside Street, Ventura, CA 93001
Sponsor: Ventura Unified School District · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jun 29 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
Site phone: (805) 673-3610
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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.