Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Brooklyn Center
331 Ashford Road, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
N/A
Site phone: (803) 209-6105
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Chester, South Carolina · summer 2026 (last summer)
Free Summer Meals for Kids in Chester, SC
16 summer 2026 meal sites (eat on-site) in Chester, 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 (26) · Eat on-site (16) · Meals to go (10)
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Center Street Apartments
301 Center Street, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 12:00pm-12:45pm
N/A - Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-11:30am
N/A
Site phone: (803) 524-0566
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Chester Community Kitchen (Agribusiness Center)
111 Columbia Street, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:30am-9:15am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
N/A
Site phone: (803) 209-5775
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Chester County Library
100 Center Street, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
N/A - Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
N/A
Site phone: (803) 801-0250
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Chester Heights Housing Authority
2678 Dawson Drive, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
N/A
Site phone: (803) 899-2735
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Chester High
1330 J A Cochran Bypass, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: Chester County · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 8:30am-9:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
Site phone: (803) 377-5105
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Chester Middle
1014 McCandless Road, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: Chester County · Seamless Summer Option
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Thu: Breakfast 9:00am-9:45am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm
Site phone: (803) 377-4001
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Elks Drive
844 Elks Drive, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
Site phone: (803) 209-5337
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Eureka
619 Saluda Road, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-11:45am
N/A
Site phone: (803) 209-7385
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Finley Park
145 Cemetery Street, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
N/A
Site phone: (803) 402-0276
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Frank Connor Park
Spring Street, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 12:00pm-12:30pm
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
Site phone: (839) 243-7535
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Friendship Baptist Church
591 Columbia Road, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
N/A
Site phone: (803) 519-9733
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Jackson James Park
Mill Street, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-12:30pm
N/A
Site phone: (839) 285-0988
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
MUSC Chester
One Medical Park Drive, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: Medical University Hospital Authority · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 29 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:30am-1:30pm
Site phone: (843) 901-9905
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Ramsey Grove Apartment Complex
553 Flint Street, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-11:45am
N/A - Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-11:30am
N/A
Site phone: (803) 524-0566
Eat on-site · Open to all kids
Town & Country Lane Apartments
213 Town Country Lane, Chester, SC 29706
Sponsor: City of Chester · Summer Food Service Program
- Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-11:45am
N/A - Ran Jun 8 to Jul 29, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:45am-12:30pm
N/A
Site phone: (839) 243-7535
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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.