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Minnesota · summer 2026 (last summer)
Free summer meals for kids in Minnesota
472 summer meal sites in 167 Minnesota cities and towns, run by 144 sponsors, from USDA's Summer Meals Site Finder. 46 offer meals to go and 426 are eat on-site.
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.
SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) in Minnesota
According to USDA, Minnesota took part in SUN Bucks (also called Summer EBT) in 2026. See how to apply on USDA's Minnesota Summer EBT page. USDA's page was last updated August 14, 2026. To take part, a state or Tribe needs an approved plan from USDA, and each decides again every year. Check the current list on USDA's site for next summer.
Cities with the most summer meal sites
Largest sponsors in Minnesota
- Minneapolis Special District #1 60 sites
- Osseo ISD #279 33 sites
- Anoka ISD #11 15 sites
- United Way of NE Minnesota 14 sites
- Willmar ISD #347 14 sites
- Rosemount ISD #196 13 sites
- Youthprise 13 sites
- Burnsville ISD #191 12 sites
- West St Paul ISD #197 11 sites
- Rochester ISD #535 10 sites
All cities A–Z
- Ada 1
- Aitkin 1
- Alexandria 2
- Anoka 6
- Apple Valley 8
- Appleton 1
- Arlington 1
- Austin 5
- Babbitt 1
- Battle Lake 1
- Baudette 1
- Bemidji 2
- Bertha 1
- Big Lake 1
- Bigfork 1
- Bird Island 1
- Biwabik 1
- Blaine 4
- Bloomington 7
- Borup 1
- Brainerd 3
- Breckenridge 2
- Brookly Park 1
- Brooklyn Center 10
- Brooklyn Park 24
- Brooten 1
- Buffalo 1
- Burnsville 10
- Cannon Falls 1
- Cass Lake 1
- Chisholm 1
- Clearbrook 1
- Cloquet 5
- Cokato 1
- Coleraine 1
- Columbia Heights 5
- Cook 1
- Coon Rapids 5
- Crookston 1
- Dawson 1
- Deer River 2
- Dilworth 1
- Duluth 9
- Eagan 4
- East Grand Forks 1
- Edina 1
- Erskine 1
- Fairmont 1
- Fargo 2
- Faribault 3
- Finlayson 1
- Forest Lake 3
- Fridley 5
- Gaylord 1
- Gibbon 1
- Glencoe 1
- Graceville 1
- Granada 1
- Grand Marais 1
- Grand Rapids 5
- Granite Falls 1
- Hector 1
- Hendrum 1
- Henning 2
- Hibbing 3
- Hopkins 1
- Hoyt Lakes 1
- Hutchinson 2
- International Falls 1
- Inver Grove Heights 5
- Jasper 1
- Karlstad 1
- Keewatin 1
- Kelliher 1
- Lake Elmo 1
- Lancaster 1
- Landfall Village 1
- Le Center 1
- Le Sueur 1
- Litchfield 1
- Little Canada 1
- Little Falls 1
- Long Prairie 2
- Madelia 1
- Madison 1
- Mankato 8
- Maple Grove 3
- Maplewood 4
- Marshall 1
- McLeod 1
- Melrose 1
- Mendota Heights 1
- Milaca 1
- Minneapolis 65
- Minnetonka 3
- Montevideo 1
- Montgomery 1
- Moorhead 7
- Mound 1
- Mountain Lake 1
- Mt. Iron 1
- Nashwauk 2
- Naytahwaush 1
- Nevis 1
- New Hope 1
- New Richland 1
- New Ulm 1
- New York Mills 1
- North Mankato 1
- North St Paul 1
- Oakdale 2
- Ogema 1
- Onamia 2
- Osseo 2
- Owatonna 3
- Park Rapids 1
- Parkers Prairie 1
- Pelican Rapids 2
- Perham 1
- Pillager 1
- Pine City 1
- Pipestone 2
- Ponemah 1
- Preston 1
- Princeton 1
- Ramsey 1
- Red Lake 6
- Red Wing 2
- Redby 2
- Redwood Falls 2
- Renville 1
- Richfield 3
- Rochester 10
- Rosemount 2
- Roseville 3
- Saint Cloud 7
- Savage 3
- Sebeka 1
- Shakopee 1
- Sleepy Eye 1
- South Saint Paul 6
- Spring Lake Park 2
- Springfield 1
- St James 2
- St Louis Park 3
- St Paul 15
- St Peter 1
- Staples 1
- Starbuck 1
- Stewartville 1
- Thief River Falls 5
- Tracy 2
- Twin Valley 2
- Verndale 1
- Virginia 3
- Wadena 1
- Waite Park 2
- Walnut Grove 1
- Waseca 1
- Waubun 2
- West St Paul 8
- Westbrook 1
- Wheaton 1
- White Bear Lake 3
- Willmar 14
- Winona 6
- Worthington 7
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Questions families ask
Who can eat at a summer meal site?
USDA says its summer meal programs serve meals and snacks at no cost to children 18 and younger. Sites marked "Open to all kids" are open sites in USDA's data, meaning they welcome children from the community. Sites marked "Open with limits" are open to the community but can limit who attends, for example for safety or space. Hours change, so call the site before you go.
What does "Eat on-site" or "Meals to go" mean?
Eat on-site means meals and snacks are eaten at the site. Meals to go means they can be picked up and eaten somewhere else; some sites hand out more than one day at a time.
When are summer 2027 sites announced?
Sites for the next summer are usually announced in the spring, after sponsors apply to their state agencies. Until then this page shows last summer's list as a guide to which towns and sponsors ran sites. The official place to look is the USDA Summer Meals Site Finder.
Is this the same as SUN Bucks?
No. SUN Bucks, also called Summer EBT, is a separate USDA program that gives eligible families a benefit on a card. Summer meal sites serve meals to kids directly. Your state may offer one, both or neither.
Run a summer program in Minnesota?
BackPR is a software company and does not run these meal sites. It is free for registered nonprofits: online registration, payments, waivers, attendance and messages to families. No subscription and no BackPR fee on what families pay.
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