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Lake Wales, Florida · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Lake Wales, FL

8 summer 2026 meal sites in Lake Wales, 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

B Street Community Center

230 B St, Lake Wales, FL 33853

Sponsor: Lake Wales Charter Schools, Inc. · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 16, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 08:15-08:45, Lunch 12:00-12:30

Site phone: (863) 679-8091

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Frank McLaughlin Middle School

800 4th St S, Lake Wales, FL 33853

Sponsor: Polk County School Board · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 3 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:00-11:30
  • Ran Jun 3 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 10:30-11:00

Site phone: (863) 678-4233

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Hillcrest Elementary School

1051 State Road 60 E, Lake Wales, FL 33853

Sponsor: Lake Wales Charter Schools, Inc. · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 08:00-08:30, Lunch 12:00-12:30

Site phone: (863) 678-4216

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Janie Howard Wilson Elementary School

306 Florida Ave, Lake Wales, FL 33853

Sponsor: Lake Wales Charter Schools, Inc. · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 07:30-08:00, Lunch 11:30-12:00

Site phone: (863) 678-4211

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Lake Wales Family Recreation Center

1001 Burns Ave, Lake Wales, FL 33853

Sponsor: Polk County School Board · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:30-12:30, Afternoon snack 03:30-04:30

Site phone: (863) 678-4192

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Lake Wales High School

1 Highlander Way, Lake Wales, FL 33853

Sponsor: Lake Wales Charter Schools, Inc. · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 15, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 08:00-08:30, Lunch 12:30-01:00
  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 15, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 07:30-08:00, Lunch 12:30-01:00

Site phone: (863) 678-4222

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Mary Norma Campbell Resource Center

2226 Karen St, Lake Wales, FL 33898

Sponsor: Polk County School Board · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 15 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00-12:00

Site phone: (863) 679-4335

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

South Ridge Unit

315 Doctor Martin Luther King Blvd, Lake Wales, FL 33853

Sponsor: Boys & Girls Club of Polk County · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 4 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 07:45-09:00, Lunch 12:00-01:00

Site phone: (863) 686-1719

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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.