Free Summer Meals for Kids in Garfield, NJ

5 summer 2026 meal sites in Garfield, 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

21 CCLC Middle School B&G

175 Lanza Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026

Sponsor: Garfield Recreation Department · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 29 to Aug 7, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m., Lunch 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m.
Closed on July 4; will be closed on July 3, 2026 for the July 4, 2026 holiday

Site phone: (862) 379-7048

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Bergen Arts and Science Charter School

89 Summit Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026

Sponsor: Passaic Arts and Science Charter School · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Aug 3 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:30a.m.-9:30a.m., Lunch 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m.
Closed on July 4

Site phone: (973) 836-4590

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Garfield High School

500 Palisade Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026

Sponsor: Garfield Recreation Department · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 29 to Aug 21, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30a.m.-8:30a.m., Lunch 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m.
Closed on July 4; Will be closed on July 3, 2026. open mon-friday 8-3-26 to 8-21-26. will be eating lunch 11:30-12:30 8/10-8/21.
Ran Jun 29 to Aug 21, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 7:30a.m.-8:30a.m., Lunch 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m.
Closed on July 4; Will be closed on July 3, 2026. Will not be open on Fridays.

Site phone: (973) 340-5000

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Garfield School #6 ESY

111 Palisade Avenue, Garfield, NJ 07026

Sponsor: Garfield Recreation Department · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jul 1 to Jul 27, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:30a.m.-9:30a.m., Lunch 11:30a.m.-12:30p.m.
Closed on July 4; will be closed on July 3, 2026

Site phone: (973) 340-5036

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Garfield School #9 ESY

62 Alpine Street, Garfield, NJ 07026

Sponsor: Garfield Recreation Department · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jul 1 to Jul 27, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:30a.m.-9:30a.m., Lunch 11:30a.m.-12:30p.m.
Closed on July 4; Will be closed on July 3, 2026

Site phone: (973) 340-5039

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.