Free Summer Meals for Kids in Dallas, NC

4 summer 2026 meal sites in Dallas, 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 (4) · Eat on-site (3) · Meals to go (1)

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Gaston College Upward Bound

201 US-321 Bus, Dallas, NC 28077

Sponsor: Gaston County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 16, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 12:00pm-12:35pm

Site phone: (704) 922-2286

Meals to go · Open to all kids

NCM Costner Elementary

353 Old NC 277 Loop Road, Meal pick up 4 or 7 day bundles on 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28,, Dallas, NC 28034

Sponsor: Gaston County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 10 to Aug 4, 2026, Tue: Breakfast 3:00pm-4:30pm, Lunch 3:00pm-4:30pm
Meals will be held under refrigeration at Central Kitchen and loaded into refrigerated trucks for distribution to the site. Bundles will include 4 or 7 days' worth of meals that will include instructions for heating if necessary and for storing the cold and frozen items.

Site phone: (704) 740-2214

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

North Gaston High

1113 Ratchford Road, Dallas, NC 28034

Sponsor: Gaston County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jul 20 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:20am-7:50am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (704) 621-0408

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Venture Church

800 East Main Street, Dallas, NC 28034

Sponsor: Gaston County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 1 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:30am-9:30am, Lunch 11:45am-12:45pm

Site phone: (704) 272-4500

SUN Bucks in North Carolina

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