Free Summer Meals for Kids in Dover, NJ

5 summer 2026 meal sites in Dover, 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

Crescent Field

120 1st St, Dover, NJ 07801

Sponsor: Dover Board of Education · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 29 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Wed: Lunch 12:30p.m.-1:30p.m.
Closed on July 4; Jane Harrington, the Supervisor from Zufall has notified us that the Youth Police Academy will be at Crescent Field next week. As part of their program, a helicopter is scheduled to land on Monday, July 27, between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.

Site phone: (862) 254-6309

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Dover High School

100 Grace Street, Dover, NJ 07801

Sponsor: Dover Board of Education · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 29 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15a.m.-8:15a.m., Lunch 10:45a.m.-12:45p.m.
Closed on July 4; Closed July 3rd for July 4th holiday. The weeks of July 20 and July 27 the DHS food will be served at DMS/EDE becausse there will be construction work going on at DHS and only custodians can be in the building during the 3-4 week period

Site phone: (973) 989-2010

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Dover Middle School

302 E. McFarlan Street, Dover, NJ 07801

Sponsor: Dover Board of Education · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 29 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15a.m.-8:15a.m., Lunch 12:30p.m.-1:30p.m.
Closed on July 4; Closed July 3rd for July 4th holiday

Site phone: (973) 989-2060

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

East Dover

300 E McFarlan Street, Dover, NJ 07801

Sponsor: Dover Board of Education · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 29 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:45a.m.-8:45a.m., Lunch 11:30a.m.-1:00p.m.
Closed on July 4

Site phone: (973) 989-2010

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Victory Gardens

425 Washington Avenue, Dover, NJ 07801

Sponsor: Dover Board of Education · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 29 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:30a.m.-9:30a.m., Lunch 12:00p.m.-2:00p.m.
Closed on July 4; Closed July 3rd for July 4th holiday

Site phone: (973) 989-2010

SUN Bucks in New Jersey

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