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Aurora, Illinois · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Aurora, IL

12 summer 2026 meal sites in Aurora, 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

Alive Aurora Teen Center

78 S Lasalle St, Aurora, IL 60505

Sponsor: Northern Illinois Food Bank · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 1:00pm-3:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (630) 397-8295

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

At Risk Mentoring Community Center of Hometown

1002 Four Seasons Blvd, Aurora, IL 60504

Sponsor: Northern Illinois Food Bank · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 15 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
Ran Jun 15 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 15 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 15 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

1 more schedule in the official data. Check the official finder.

Site phone: (630) 476-0171

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Child Service Center Preschool

1480 Reckinger Rd, Aurora, IL 60505

Sponsor: Aurora East USD 131 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:15am-8:30am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (630) 299-7590

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

East High School

500 Tomcat Ln, Aurora, IL 60505

Sponsor: Aurora East USD 131 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (630) 299-8000

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

G N Dieterich Elem School

1141 Jackson St, Aurora, IL 60505

Sponsor: Aurora East USD 131 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm

Site phone: (630) 299-8280

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Greenman Elem School

729 W Galena Blvd, Aurora, IL 60506

Sponsor: Aurora West USD 129 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-9:00am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 8 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:15am-8:30am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
Ran Jun 8 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (630) 301-5004

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Henry W Cowherd Middle School

441 N Farnsworth Ave, Aurora, IL 60505

Sponsor: Aurora East USD 131 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:30am-9:00am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (630) 299-5900

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Hermes Elementary School

1000 Jungels Ave, Aurora, IL 60505

Sponsor: Aurora East USD 131 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm

Site phone: (630) 299-8200

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Hill Elem School

724 Pennsylvania Ave, Aurora, IL 60506

Sponsor: Aurora West USD 129 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 1, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
Ran Jun 8 to Jul 1, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 10:30am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (630) 301-5007

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Hope D Wall TMH Child Dev Ctr

449 New Indian Trl Ct, Aurora, IL 60506

Sponsor: Aurora West USD 129 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jun 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:30am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (630) 301-5008

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Olney C Allen Elem School

700 S Farnsworth Ave, Aurora, IL 60505

Sponsor: Aurora East USD 131 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:15am-11:45am

Site phone: (630) 299-5200

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Prisco Comm Center

150 W Illinois Ave, Aurora, IL 60506

Sponsor: Northern Illinois Food Bank · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Aug 7, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 9:00am-10:00am, Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm

Site phone: (630) 801-8626

SUN Bucks in Illinois

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