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Kankakee, Illinois · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Kankakee, IL

10 summer 2026 meal sites in Kankakee, 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

Avis Huff Student Support Services Center

369 N 5th Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901

Sponsor: Kankakee SD 111 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-10:00am, Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (815) 802-7800

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

John Kennedy Middle Grade School

1550 W Calista St, Kankakee, IL 60901

Sponsor: Kankakee SD 111 · Seamless Summer Option

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

Site phone: (815) 933-0764

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Kankakee High School

1200 W Jeffery St, Kankakee, IL 60901

Sponsor: Kankakee SD 111 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 15 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (815) 933-0740

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Kankakee Junior High School

2250 E Crestwood St, Kankakee, IL 60901

Sponsor: Kankakee SD 111 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-10:00am, Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (815) 933-0730

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

King Middle Grade School

1440 E Court St, Kankakee, IL 60901

Sponsor: Kankakee SD 111 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 24, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-9:30am, Lunch 11:00am-1:15pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (815) 933-0750

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Lincoln Cltrl Ctr-Montessori Elem

240 Warren Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901

Sponsor: Kankakee SD 111 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 24, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-10:00am, Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (815) 933-0709

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Mark Twain Primary School

2250 E Court St, Kankakee, IL 60901

Sponsor: Kankakee SD 111 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 24, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am-8:30am, Lunch 10:45am-1:15pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (815) 933-0722

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Proegler School

710 N Chicago Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901

Sponsor: Kankakee SD 111 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 24, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:30am-9:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (815) 933-0773

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Steuben Elementary School

520 S Wildwood Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901

Sponsor: Kankakee SD 111 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-9:30am, Lunch 10:00am-1:00pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-9:30am, Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (815) 933-7813

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Taft Primary School

1155 W Hawkins St, Kankakee, IL 60901

Sponsor: Kankakee SD 111 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-10:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:45pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (815) 932-0811

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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.