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Waukegan, Illinois · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Waukegan, IL

9 summer 2026 meal sites in Waukegan, 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

Clearview Elem School

1700 Delaware Rd, Waukegan, IL 60087

Sponsor: Waukegan CUSD 60 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 2 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (224) 303-1600

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Edith M Smith Middle School

930 New York St, Waukegan, IL 60085

Sponsor: Waukegan CUSD 60 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 2 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (224) 303-2760

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Glen Flora Elem School

1110 Chestnut St, Waukegan, IL 60085

Sponsor: Waukegan CUSD 60 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 2 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (224) 303-1800

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

John R Lewis Middle School

600 S Lewis Ave, Waukegan, IL 60085

Sponsor: Waukegan CUSD 60 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 2 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (224) 303-2560

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

LEARN John and Kathy Schreiber Charter School

1200 W Glen Flora Ave, Waukegan, IL 60085

Sponsor: LEARN Charter Schools · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 15 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 9:00am-9:20am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:20pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
  • Ran Jul 1 to Jul 3, 2026, Wed to Fri: Breakfast 9:00am-9:20am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:20pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (847) 377-0690

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

The Bluffs of South Sheridan

577 S Genesee St, Waukegan, IL 60085

Sponsor: Northern Illinois Food Bank · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 1 to Aug 13, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 3:30pm-4:30pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
  • Ran Jun 1 to Aug 13, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 2:30pm-3:30pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (847) 625-4616

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Washington Elem School

110 S Orchard Ave, Waukegan, IL 60085

Sponsor: Waukegan CUSD 60 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 2 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.

Site phone: (224) 303-2220

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Waukegan High School

1011 Washington St, Waukegan, IL 60085

Sponsor: Waukegan CUSD 60 · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
    To confirm the meal times, please contact the site directly.
  • Ran Jun 2 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm

Site phone: (224) 303-3000

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Waukegan Public Library Summer Reading Program

128 N County Street, Waukegan, IL 60085

Sponsor: Northern Illinois Food Bank · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Aug 3 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (847) 623-2041

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.