Free Summer Meals for Kids in Johnston City, IL

5 summer 2026 meal sites (eat on-site) in Johnston City, 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.

All sites (7) · Eat on-site (5) · Meals to go (2)

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

First Free Will Baptist Church

609 Monroe Ave, Johnston City, IL 62951

Sponsor: First Free Will Baptist Church · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:15am-12:45pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 952-1272

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Jefferson Elem School

1108 Grand Ave, Johnston City, IL 62951

Sponsor: Johnston City CUSD 1 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran May 28 to May 29, 2026, Thu: Lunch 11:45am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran May 28 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:45am-8:15am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran May 28 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:45am-8:15am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 983-7561

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Jefferson Elem School

1108 Grand Ave, Johnston City, IL 62951

Sponsor: First Free Will Baptist Church · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jun 17, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 22 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 983-7561

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Johnston City High School

1500 Jefferson Ave, Johnston City, IL 62951

Sponsor: First Free Will Baptist Church · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:15am-12:15pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Ran Jun 1 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 983-4700

Eat on-site · Open to all kids · Mobile stop

Lunch Bunch West

901 W Broadway Blvd, Johnston City, IL 62951

Sponsor: First Free Will Baptist Church · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:45am-12:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (618) 521-5640

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.