Free Summer Meals for Kids in Mount Vernon, KY

5 summer 2026 meal sites in Mount Vernon, 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 (5) · Eat on-site (4) · Meals to go (1)

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Higher Praise Ministries

4896 Lake Cumberland Road, Mt Vernon, KY 40456

Sponsor: KCEOC Comm Action Partnership · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 15 to Jun 19, 2026, Mon to Fri: Supper 6:30pm-8:00pm
Contact the sponsor for additional information.

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Mt. Vernon Elementary School

530 Williams Street, Mt. Vernon, KY 40456

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

Ran Jun 11 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
Some meals may be provided as non-congregate service. Contact the sponsor for details.
Ran Jun 11 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
Some meals may be provided as non-congregate service. Contact the sponsor for details.

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Rockcastle County High School

1545 Lake Cumberland Road, Mount Vernon, KY 40456

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

Ran May 28 to Aug 2, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
Some meals may be provided as non-congregate service. Contact the sponsor for details.
Ran May 28 to Aug 2, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:30am, Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
Some meals may be provided as non-congregate service. Contact the sponsor for details.

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Roundstone Elementary School

6701 N Wilderness Road, Mount Vernon, KY 40456

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

Ran Jul 27 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:00am-11:30am
Contact the sponsor for additional information.

Meals to go · Open to all kids

White House Clinic Mt. Vernon

116 Progress Drive, Mount Vernon, KY 40456

Sponsor: God's Pantry Food Bank Inc · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Aug 14, 2026, Fri: Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm, Afternoon snack 11:00am-1:00pm
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.