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Gary, Indiana · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Gary, IN

11 summer 2026 meal sites in Gary, 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

Calumet High School

3900 Calhoun St, Gary, IN 46408

Sponsor: Lake Ridge Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 07:45am-08:15am, Lunch 11:00am-11:30am
    Enter Door A
  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 07:30am-08:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm
    Enter Door A

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Career Resource Center

1800 East 35th Avenue, Gary, IN 46409

Sponsor: Gary Community School Corporation · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 07:30am-08:30am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Clark Road Baptist Church

2841 Clark Rd, Gary, IN 46404

Sponsor: Clark Road Genesis Family Center · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 08:45am-09:45am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 08:45am-09:45am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
    Closed June 30 and July 3.

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

GLCS-Primary

3201 Pierce St, Gary, IN 46408

Sponsor: Gary Lighthouse Charter School · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jun 26, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 07:30am-08:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Gary Middle School

301 Parke Street, Gary, IN 46403

Sponsor: Gary Community School Corporation · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 08:00am-09:00am, Lunch 12:00pm-01:00pm
    Brown brick school building

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Lake Ridge Middle School

3601 w 41st Ave, Gary, IN 46408

Sponsor: Lake Ridge Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 3, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 07:30am-08:00am, Lunch 11:00am-11:30am
    Door A
  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 07:45am-08:00am, Lunch 11:00am-11:30am
    Door A

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Longfellow Elementary School

4500 Calhoun St., Gary, IN 46408

Sponsor: Lake Ridge Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 08:00am-08:30am, Lunch 11:00am-11:30am
    Door A
  • Ran Jun 8 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 07:45am-08:00am, Lunch 11:00am-11:30am
    Door A

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Steel City Academy

2650 W. 35th Ave., Gary, IN 46408

Sponsor: Steel City Academy · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 22 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 09:00am-09:15am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:15pm
    Public eats in our cafeteria.

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Thea Bowman Leadership Academy

3401 W. 5th Ave, Gary, IN 46406

Sponsor: Thea Bowman Leadership Academy · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 07:25am-08:25am, Lunch 10:30am-02:00pm

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

West Side Leadership/ Military Academy

900 Gerry St, Gary, IN 46406

Sponsor: Gary Community School Corporation · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 07:30am-08:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
    Enter through the South Side of the building off of the large parking lot. You can also enter through the North side of the building off facing 9th Ave

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Williams Elementary School

1320 E. 19th Avenue, Gary, IN 46407

Sponsor: Gary Community School Corporation · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 8 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 07:30am-08:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm

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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.