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New Bern, North Carolina · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in New Bern, NC

8 summer 2026 meal sites in New Bern, 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 (8) · Eat on-site (6) · Meals to go (2)

Eat on-site · Open to all kids · Mobile stop

Coopers Landing Apartments

1550 Simmons Street, New Bern, NC 28560

Sponsor: Craven County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 23 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 12:15pm-12:45pm

Site phone: (252) 514-6360

Eat on-site · Open to all kids · Mobile stop

Craven Terrace

601 Roundtree Street, New Bern, NC 28560

Sponsor: Craven County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 23 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 10:10am-10:40am

Site phone: (252) 514-6360

Eat on-site · Open to all kids · Mobile stop

Fox Chase Village

100 Fox Chase Village, New Bern, NC 28562

Sponsor: Craven County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 23 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 10:50am-11:20am

Site phone: (252) 514-6360

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

NCMH Bridgeton Elementary School

230 Branch Canal Rd, Food Pick Up 7 Days on Thursday, New Bern, NC 28560

Sponsor: Craven County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran May 28 to Aug 20, 2026, Every day: Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (252) 514-6360

Meals to go · Open to all kids

NCMH Bridgeton Elementary School

230 Branch Canal Rd, Food Pick Up 7 Days on Thursday, New Bern, NC 28560

Sponsor: Craven County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran May 29 to Aug 20, 2026, Thu: Breakfast 9:00am-10:00am, Lunch 9:00am-10:00am
    First distribution date is 5/28/2026. Final distribution date is 8/13/2026.

Site phone: (252) 672-7060

Meals to go · Open to all kids

NCMH New Bern High School

4200 Academic Drive, Food Pick up 7 Days on Thursday, New Bern, NC 28562

Sponsor: Craven County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran May 29 to Aug 20, 2026, Thu: Breakfast 9:00am-10:00am, Lunch 9:00am-10:00am
    First distribution date is 5/28/2026. Final distribution date is 8/13/2026.

Site phone: (252) 672-7060

Eat on-site · Open to all kids · Mobile stop

Trent Court

83 S Front Street, New Bern, NC 28560

Sponsor: Craven County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 23 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm

Site phone: (252) 514-6360

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Trent Park Elementary

2500 Educational Drive, New Bern, NC 28562

Sponsor: Craven County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 1 to Aug 14, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30am-8:30am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (252) 514-6360

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.