Free Summer Meals for Kids in Hickory, NC

4 summer 2026 meal sites (eat on-site) 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

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

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

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.