Free Summer Meals for Kids in Valparaiso, IN

3 summer 2026 meal sites in Valparaiso, 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

Salt Creek Commons

500 McCool Rd., Valparaiso, IN 46385

Sponsor: YMCA of Portage Township, Inc. · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 4 to Aug 11, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 01:30pm-02:30pm
Salt Creek Meadows Gazebo

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

1700 Roosevelt Road, Valparaiso, IN 46383

Sponsor: Valparaiso Community Schools · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 2 to Jun 19, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 07:00am-07:30am, Lunch 01:00pm-01:30pm
Enter through Door A. Public may park in main parking lot, enter Door A and follow the posted signs to the cafeteria.
Ran Jul 6 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 07:00am-07:30am, Lunch 01:00pm-01:30pm
Enter through Door A. Public may park in main parking lot, enter Door A and follow the posted signs to the cafeteria.

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Valparaiso High School

2727 N. Campbell St., Valparaiso, IN 46385

Sponsor: Valparaiso Community Schools · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 2 to Jun 19, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 07:00am-07:30am, Lunch 01:00pm-01:30pm
Public parks in front parking lot and enters through Door 1 at Valparaiso High School. Follow signs to cafeteria.
Ran Jul 6 to Jul 23, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 07:00am-07:30am, Lunch 01:00pm-01:30pm
Public parks in front parking lot and enters through Door 1 at Valparaiso High School. Follow signs to cafeteria.

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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.