Free Summer Meals for Kids in Sterling, IL

2 summer 2026 meal sites in Sterling, 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

Challand Middle School

1700 6th Ave, Sterling, IL 61081

Sponsor: Sterling CUSD 5 · Seamless Summer Option

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

Site phone: (815) 626-3300

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA

2505 Ymca Way, Sterling, IL 61081

Sponsor: Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Aug 1 to Aug 11, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm, Afternoon snack 2:30pm-3:30pm
To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (815) 535-9622

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.