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Marion, Illinois · summer 2026 (last summer)
Free Summer Meals for Kids in Marion, IL
5 summer 2026 meal sites in Marion, 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 · Mobile stop
Boys and Grils Clubs of Southern Illinois-Marion Unit
2706 W Main St, Marion, IL 62959
Sponsor: City of Marion · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jun 26, 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 Jul 6 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.
Site phone: (618) 457-8877
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Boyton Street Comm Ctr
501 W Boyton St, Marion, IL 62959
Sponsor: City of Marion · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 12:30pm-1:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly. - Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Thu: Afternoon snack 3:30pm-4:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly. - Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 12:30pm-2:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly. - Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Thu: Afternoon snack 3:00pm-4:00pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Site phone: (618) 997-1113
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Crab Orchard Elementary School
19189 Bailey St, Marion, IL 62959
Sponsor: Crab Orchard CUSD 3 · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jun 1 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:05am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Site phone: (618) 982-2181
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Marion High School
1700 Wildcat Dr, Marion, IL 62959
Sponsor: Marion CUSD 2 · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jun 1 to Jun 18, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Site phone: (618) 993-8196
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Marion Jr High School
1609 W Main St, Marion, IL 62959
Sponsor: Marion CUSD 2 · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jun 1 to Jun 18, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:00am
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
Site phone: (618) 997-1317
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.