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Elgin, Illinois · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Elgin, IL

9 summer 2026 meal sites in Elgin, 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

Boys Girls Club of Elgin - Elementary

355 Dundee Ave, Elgin, IL 60120

Sponsor: Boys Girls Club of Elgin · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 3 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:30am, Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 3 to Aug 14, 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: (847) 608-5017

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

College Green Park

1900 College Green Dr, Elgin, IL 60123

Sponsor: Northern Illinois Food Bank · Summer Food Service Program

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

Site phone: (847) 531-7010

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Cornerstone Park Harvest Bible

1540 Mulberry Ln, Elgin, IL 60123

Sponsor: Northern Illinois Food Bank · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 27, 2026, Tue to Fri: Lunch 11:30am-1:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon: Lunch 11:30am-1:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Tue to Fri: Lunch 11:30am-1:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jul 28 to Jul 30, 2026, Tue to Thu: Lunch 11:30am-1:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (847) 531-7010

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Creekside Elem

655 N Airlite St, Elgin, IL 60123

Sponsor: Sd U-46 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 1, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:50am-9:30am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 1 to Jul 1, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:45am-9:40am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (847) 289-6270

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Elgin High School

1200 Maroon Dr, Elgin, IL 60120

Sponsor: Sd U-46 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 1, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-10:00am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 1 to Jul 1, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:50am-9:15am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 1 to Jul 1, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:50am-9:30am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (847) 888-5100

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Hanover Township Izaak Walton Center

899 Jay St, Elgin, IL 60120

Sponsor: Northern Illinois Food Bank · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm, Afternoon snack 2:00pm-2:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (847) 888-8329

Eat on-site · Open with limits

Larsen Middle School

665 Dundee Ave, Elgin, IL 60120

Sponsor: Sd U-46 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Aug 18 to Aug 19, 2026, Tue, Wed: Breakfast 7:45am-8:15am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Aug 18 to Aug 19, 2026, Tue, Wed: Breakfast 7:30am-8:15am

Site phone: (847) 888-5250

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Lords Park Aquatic Center

325 Hiawatha Drive, Elgin, IL 60120

Sponsor: Northern Illinois Food Bank · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Wed: Lunch 11:30am-1:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri: Lunch 11:30am-1:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (847) 531-7048

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

St Francis Park

277 Jefferson, Elgin, IL 60120

Sponsor: Northern Illinois Food Bank · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Thu: Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri: Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (847) 531-7010

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.