Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Brown Penn Recreation Center
735 3rd St SW, Hickory, NC 28602
Sponsor: Hickory City Schools · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 15 to Aug 13, 2026, Mon to Thu: Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm
Site phone: (828) 322-2855
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Hickory, North Carolina · summer 2026 (last summer)
Free Summer Meals for Kids in Hickory, NC
7 summer 2026 meal sites in Hickory, 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 (7) · Eat on-site (4) · Meals to go (3)
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Hickory High
1234 3rd St. NE, Hickory, NC 28601
Sponsor: Hickory City Schools · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 1 to Aug 18, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 6:30am-9:00am, Lunch 9:00am-12:00pm
Site phone: (828) 322-2855
Meals to go · Open to all kids
NCM Crawdads Baseball Stadium
2500 Clement Blvd NW, Hickory, NC 28601
Sponsor: Hickory City Schools · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran May 29 to Aug 20, 2026, Thu: Breakfast 9:00am-11:00am
Distribution will start on 5-28-26 (Thursday). First day to claim meals will be 5-29-26 (Friday) Hickory Crawdads Stadium site will provide 7-day non-congregate meal boxes with 7 breakfasts and 7 lunches per child for children 18 and under.. These meals are intended for consumption for Friday throug
Site phone: (828) 322-2855
Meals to go · Open to all kids
NCM Henry Fork River Park
5655 Sweet Bay Lane, Hickory, NC 28602
Sponsor: Hickory City Schools · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran May 29 to Aug 20, 2026, Thu: Breakfast 3:00pm-6:00pm, Lunch 3:00pm-6:00pm
Distribution will start on 5-28-26 (Thursday). First day to claim meals will be 5-29-26 (Friday) @ Henry Fork River Park site will provide 3-day non-congregate meal boxes with 3 breakfasts and 3 lunches per child for children 18 and under who are enrolled in enrichment programs. These meals are inte
Site phone: (828) 322-2855
Meals to go · Open to all kids
NCM NorthStar Academy
2760 Hwy 70 SE, Mon and Thur pick up 3:30PM to 5:30 PM, Hickory, NC 28602
Sponsor: Catawba County Schools · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 1 to Aug 10, 2026, Mon, Thu: Breakfast 3:30pm-5:30pm, Lunch 3:30pm-5:30pm
Sites are closed from June 29-July 5 in observance for July 4th.
Site phone: (828) 464-8333
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Patrick Beaver Library
375 3rd St NE, Hickory, NC 28601
Sponsor: Hickory City Schools · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 2 to Jul 28, 2026, Tue: Breakfast 9:30am-10:00am
Site phone: (828) 612-9232
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Saint Stephens High-1
3205 34th St Dr NE, Hickory, NC 28601
Sponsor: Catawba County Schools · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran May 26 to Aug 13, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-9:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
Site phone: (828) 464-8333
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.