Free Summer Meals for Kids in Henderson, KY

3 summer 2026 meal sites (meals to go) in Henderson, 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.

All sites (14) · Eat on-site (11) · Meals to go (3)

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Bend Gate

920 Bend Gate Rd, Henderson, KY 42420

Sponsor: Henderson County Board of Education · Summer Food Service Program

Ran May 19 to Jul 24, 2026, Tue: Breakfast 12:00pm-1:30pm, Lunch 12:00pm-1:30pm
Contact the sponsor for additional information. Parents may pick up meals.
Ran May 19 to Jul 24, 2026, Tue: Breakfast 4:00pm-6:00pm, Lunch 4:00pm-6:00pm
Contact the sponsor for additional information. Parents may pick up meals.

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Henderson County Extension

3099 Zion Road, Henderson, KY 42420

Sponsor: Diocese of Owensboro Division of School & Comm Nutrition · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jul 8 to Jul 9, 2026, Wed, Thu: Breakfast 11:40am-12:15pm, Lunch 11:40am-12:15pm
Contact the sponsor for additional information. Parents may pick up meals.
Ran Jul 8 to Jul 16, 2026, Wed, Thu: Breakfast 11:40am-11:55am, Lunch 11:40am-11:55am
Contact the sponsor for additional information. Parents may pick up meals.

Meals to go · Open to all kids

South Heights Elementary School

1199 Madison Street, Henderson, KY 42420

Sponsor: Henderson County Board of Education · Summer Food Service Program

Ran May 25 to Jul 5, 2026, Mon: Breakfast 12:00pm-1:30pm, Lunch 12:00pm-1:30pm
Contact the sponsor for additional information. Parents may pick up meals.

SUN Bucks in Kentucky

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