Free Summer Meals for Kids in Brainerd, MN

3 summer 2026 meal sites in Brainerd, 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 (3) · Eat on-site (1) · Meals to go (2)

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Brainerd Family YMCA RuralNC

602 Oak St, Brainerd, MN 56401

Sponsor: YMCA Brainerd Family · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Aug 31, 2026, Mon: Breakfast 15:00-20:00, Supper 15:00-20:00
This site serves 5 days worth of Breakfast and Suppers on Monday evenings.

Site phone: (218) 454-2558

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Gustafson Park RuralNC

9th Ave NE & N St NE, Brainerd, MN 56401

Sponsor: YMCA Brainerd Family · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 9 to Jul 28, 2026, Tue: Breakfast 16:30-19:00, Supper 16:30-19:00
This site will serve 5 days worth of meals on Tuesdays.

Site phone: (218) 454-2558

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Riverside Elementary

220 NW 3rd St, Brainerd, MN 56401

Sponsor: Brainerd ISD #181 · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Aug 28, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00-8:30, Lunch 11:00-12:00
Closed on 6/19 and 7/3

Site phone: (218) 454-6938

SUN Bucks in Minnesota

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