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Des Plaines, Illinois · summer 2026 (last summer)
Free Summer Meals for Kids in Des Plaines, IL
5 summer 2026 meal sites in Des Plaines, 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
Apollo Elem School
10100 Dee Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Sponsor: East Maine SD 63 · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jul 6 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-8:45am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Site phone: (847) 827-6231
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Chippewa Middle School
123 N 8th Ave, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Sponsor: Ccsd 62 · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jun 11 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:15am-8:45am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly. - Ran Jun 11 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:15am-8:35am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Site phone: (847) 824-1503
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Cumberland Elem School
700 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Sponsor: Ccsd 62 · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jun 11 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:15am-8:30am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly. - Ran Jun 11 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:15am-8:35am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Site phone: (847) 824-1451
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Early Learning Center
10000 Dee Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Sponsor: East Maine SD 63 · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jul 6 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-8:45am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly. - Ran Jul 6 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-8:45am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly. - Ran Jul 7 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Site phone: (847) 827-4165
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Family Resource Center
9000 Capitol Dr, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Sponsor: East Maine SD 63 · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:45am, Lunch 11:00am-12:10pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Site phone: (847) 493-8416
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.