Free Summer Meals for Kids in Wendell, NC

3 summer 2026 meal sites in Wendell, 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)

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Cardinal Charter Academy at Wendell Falls

6041 Taylor Rd, Wendell, NC 27591

Sponsor: Cardinal Charter Academy at Wendell Falls · Seamless Summer Option

Ran Jun 8 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:30am-9:15am, Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm
No field Trips- Closed Fridays

Site phone: (704) 858-2701

Meals to go · Open to all kids

NCMH Wendell Parks & Recreation

601 W. Third St, Wendell, NC 27591

Sponsor: Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 27 to Aug 4, 2026, Tue, Fri: Breakfast 1:00pm-2:00pm
Hybrid 2-day bags distributed on last day of the week (usually Friday) for Saturday and Sunday. The site is closed July 3rd and August 7th and will not distribute hybrid bags.

Site phone: (919) 336-2266

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

NCMH Wendell Parks & Recreation

601 W. Third St, Distributing 2 day bags on Fridays., Wendell, NC 27591

Sponsor: Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina · Summer Food Service Program

Ran Jun 23 to Aug 4, 2026, Tue, Fri, Sat, Sun: Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (919) 336-2266

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.