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East Saint Louis, Illinois · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in East Saint Louis, IL

11 summer 2026 meal sites in East Saint Louis, 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

Annette Officer Elementary

558 N 27th St, East Saint Louis, IL 62205

Sponsor: East St Louis SD 189 · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 2 to Jun 26, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:00am, Lunch 11:00am-1:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 2 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:30am, Lunch 11:30am-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jul 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:30am, Lunch 11:30am-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 646-3970

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

East St Louis Senior High School

4901 State St, East Saint Louis, IL 62205

Sponsor: East St Louis SD 189 · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 2, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:00am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 2 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:30am-1:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jul 2 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-9:00am, Lunch 11:30am-1:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 646-3700

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Greater New Covenant Community

8625 State St, East Saint Louis, IL 62203

Sponsor: Greater New Covenant Community · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 15 to Aug 7, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 9:00am-10:00am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 489-5277

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Jackie Joyner Kersee Foundation

101 Jackie Joyner Kersee Cir, East Saint Louis, IL 62204

Sponsor: Jackie Joyner Kersee Foundation · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:00am-9:00am, Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 274-5437

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Katie Harper-Wright Elem

7710 State St, East Saint Louis, IL 62203

Sponsor: East St Louis SD 189 · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 2 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:30am, Lunch 12:30pm-2:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jul 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:30am, Lunch 12:30pm-2:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jul 2 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:30am, Lunch 12:30pm-2:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 646-3860

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Lessie Bates Davis Mary Brown Center

606 S 15th St, East Saint Louis, IL 62207

Sponsor: Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Morning snack 10:00am-10:30am, Lunch 12:30pm-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 875-2131

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

New Bethel Missionary Bapt Ch

5803 Belmont Ave, East Saint Louis, IL 62203

Sponsor: New Bethel Missionary Bapt Ch · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 15 to Jul 3, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:00am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 397-8155

Eat on-site · Open with limits

Roosevelt Center

1328 N 44th St, East Saint Louis, IL 62202

Sponsor: Catholic Urban Programs · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 9:00am-9:30am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 398-5616

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

SIU Charter Sch of East St Louis

601 James R Thompson Blvd, East Saint Louis, IL 62201

Sponsor: East St Louis SD 189 · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 2 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-9:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jul 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-9:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jul 2 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-9:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 482-8391

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Sr Thea Bowman Catholic School

8213 Church Ln, East Saint Louis, IL 62203

Sponsor: Sr Thea Bowman Catholic School · Seamless Summer Option

Ran May 26 to Aug 15, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:30am-9:00am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran May 27 to Jun 11, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:30am-9:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran May 27 to Jun 18, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:30am-9:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 397-0316

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Trinity United Methodist Outreach Center

5110 Forest Blvd, East St Louis, IL 62204

Sponsor: Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm, Afternoon snack 2:00pm-2:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Morning snack 10:30am-11:00am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 857-7750

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.