Free Summer Meals for Kids in Rutherfordton, NC

3 summer 2026 meal sites in Rutherfordton, 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 (3) · Eat on-site (2) · Meals to go (1)

Meals to go · Open to all kids

NCMH Rutherfordton Elementary School

201 Bob Hardin Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Sponsor: Rutherford County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 3 to Aug 5, 2026, Wed: Breakfast 4:00pm-6:00pm, Lunch 4:00pm-6:00pm

Site phone: (828) 288-3713

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

NCMH Rutherfordton Elementary School

201 Bob Hardin Road, 5 day pick up on Wednesday's 4-6 pm, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Sponsor: Rutherford County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

Ran May 28 to Aug 5, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:00am-9:00am, Lunch 11:00am-11:45am
Ran May 28 to Aug 5, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:00am-7:45am, Lunch 11:00am-11:45am

Site phone: (828) 288-2250

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Pinnacle Elementary

1204 Painters Gap Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Sponsor: Rutherford County Schools · Summer Food Service Program

Ran May 28 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
Ran May 28 to Jul 30, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (828) 288-2250

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.