BackPR

Find a program / Free summer meals for kids / Tennessee / Athens

Athens, Tennessee · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Athens, TN

18 summer 2026 meal sites (eat on-site) in Athens, 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 (38) · Eat on-site (18) · Meals to go (20)

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Athens City Intermediate School Non-Congregate

255 Keith Lane, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 11:00am-1:00pm, Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm

Site phone: (423) 746-0540

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Athens Gardens/mews Non-Congregate

1728 Garden Drive, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 11:00am-11:20am, Lunch 11:00am-11:20am

Site phone: (423) 746-0540

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Athens-McMinn Family YMCA

205 Knoxville Avenue, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: YMCA Athens - Mcminn County · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran May 26 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00-9:45, Lunch 11:00-1:15

Site phone: (423) 745-4904

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Clem Jones Non-Congregate

789 Francis Street, Non-Congregate, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 1:00pm-1:20pm, Lunch 1:00pm-1:20pm

Site phone: (423) 746-0540

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

E.G. Fisher Library

1289 Ingleside Avenue, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: YMCA Athens - Mcminn County · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran May 28 to Jul 31, 2026, Mon to Sat: Lunch 12:00-12:30, Afternoon snack 4:00-4:30

Site phone: (423) 745-4904

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

E.K. Baker Elementary

1044 County Rd 172, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: East Tennessee Human Resource Agency · Summer Food Service Program

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 23, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:30-9:00, Lunch 10:30-12:30

Site phone: (865) 705-8437

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Forrest Hills Non-Congregate

303 Moses Circle, Non-Congregate, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 11:35am-11:55am, Lunch 11:35am-11:55am

Site phone: (423) 746-0540

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Keith Memorial UMC

600 West Madison Avenue, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:00am-11:30am

Site phone: (423) 746-0540

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Kids Connection -- Ingleside

255 Keith Lane, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm, Afternoon snack 3:00pm-3:30pm

Site phone: (423) 745-1796

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Life Of Life Ministries-summer camp

1112 North Congress Parkway, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 25, 2026, Sun: Breakfast 10:00am-10:30am, Lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

Site phone: (423) 599-0875

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Light of Life FMI-Thursday Camp

1112 North Congress Parkway, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 25, 2026, Thu: Afternoon snack 8:00pm-8:30pm, Supper 6:00pm-6:30pm

Site phone: (423) 746-0540

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Light of Life Faith Ministries International

106 South Jackson Street, Market Park pavilion, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 25, 2026, Sat: Lunch 9:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (423) 746-0540

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Mcminn Villa Apartments Non-Congregate

212 Westside Street, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 12:20pm-12:45pm, Lunch 12:20pm-12:45pm

Site phone: (423) 746-0540

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

New Zion Baptist Church VBS

393 County Road 616, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jul 13 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Supper 6:00pm-7:30pm

Site phone: (423) 435-8248

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Parkway Baptist Church Mother's Day Out

193 County Road 103, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 22, 2026, Mon, Wed: Breakfast 8:30am-9:00am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm

Site phone: (423) 368-2735

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Pope Ave Baptist Chruch

301 Pope Avenue, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 20, 2026, Sat: Morning snack 10:00am-10:30am, Lunch 2:00pm-3:00pm

Site phone: (423) 462-4018

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Seventh-Day Adventist Church Outreach Program

407 New Englewood Road, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 16 to Jun 28, 2026, Tue, Sun: Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm

Site phone: (423) 333-3347

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Woodward Church of God Day Out

507 Woodward Avenue, Athens, TN 37303

Sponsor: Athens City · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 2 to Jul 30, 2026, Tue to Thu: Breakfast 8:00am-8:30am, Lunch 11:30am-12:00pm

Site phone: (423) 746-0540

Also in Athens

Licensed child care and after-school programs in Athens · Youth and community nonprofits in Athens · All Tennessee summer meal sites

Run a summer program in Athens?

BackPR is a software company and does not run these meal sites. It is free for registered nonprofits: online registration, payments, waivers, attendance and messages to families. No subscription and no BackPR fee on what families pay.

See the free nonprofit plan · Summer camps · Free forms and templates

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.