Free Summer Meals for Kids in Carthage, MS

3 summer 2026 meal sites in Carthage, 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

Leake Central Elementary School

603 Hwy 16 W, Carthage, MS 39051

Sponsor: Leake County School District · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jun 26, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am–8:45am
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Ran Jun 1 to Jun 26, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 10:45am–12:30pm
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Site phone: (601) 267-3837

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Red Water Elementary

107 Braves Blvd, Carthage, MS 39051

Sponsor: MS Band of Choctaw Indians · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 2 to Jun 11, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am–8:30am
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Ran Jun 2 to Jun 11, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:15am–12:15pm
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Ran Jun 2 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am–8:30am
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Ran Jun 2 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:15am–12:15pm
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Site phone: (601) 267-8500

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Standing Pine Elementary

538 Highway 487 East, Carthage, MS 39051

Sponsor: MS Band of Choctaw Indians · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 2 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 11:30am–12:30pm
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Ran Jun 2 to Jun 25, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30am–8:30am
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Site phone: (601) 267-9225

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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.