Free Summer Meals for Kids in Gardner, KS

3 summer 2026 meal sites in Gardner, 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

Gardner Aquatic Center

215 N Center St, Gardner, KS 66030

Sponsor: D0231 - Gardner Edgerton · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 5 to Jul 19, 2026, Fri to Sun: Breakfast 06:30am-07:00am, Supper 08:00pm-10:00pm
Special Events Only! Service ONLY for the Mom & Daughter Campout 06-05-26 (requires registration), Night Wave events Gardner Aquatic Center from 8 pm - 10 pm (dates TBD) and Gardner Gold Pool Party 7-19-26, lunch served from 11:30 am-1pm

Site phone: (913) 856-2055

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Grand Star Elementary

401 East Grand Street, Gardner, KS 66030

Sponsor: D0231 - Gardner Edgerton · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 08:30am-09:00am, Lunch 11:00am-01:00pm
No Service on Fridays, Enter through main entrance, No Service June 18 or June 29 - July 2

Site phone: (913) 856-2055

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Wheatridge Middle School

318 E. Washington Street, Gardner, KS 66030

Sponsor: D0231 - Gardner Edgerton · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:00am-01:00pm
No Service on Fridays, Enter through main entrance, No Service June 18 or June 29-July 2

Site phone: (913) 856-2500

SUN Bucks in Kansas

USDA's 2026 map showed Kansas as participating in SUN Bucks (Summer EBT). See the Kansas 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.