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Cookeville, Tennessee · summer 2026 (last summer)

Free Summer Meals for Kids in Cookeville, TN

17 summer 2026 meal sites in Cookeville, 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 (17) · Eat on-site (8) · Meals to go (9)

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Baxter Primary

2353 N Washington Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Baxter Primary

2353 N Washington Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 2, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Cookeville High Curbside

2335 North Washington Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 6, 2026, Tue: Breakfast 10:00am-1:00pm, Lunch 10:00am-1:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Cookeville High Curbside

2335 North Washington Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 6, 2026, Tue: Breakfast 10:00am-1:00pm, Lunch 10:00am-1:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Cookeville High School

2335 North Washington Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Cookeville High School

2335 North Washington Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-1:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Jere Whitson Elementary

178 East Jere Whitson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 24, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Jere Whitson Elementary

178 East Jere Whitson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38501

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 24, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Meals to go · Open to all kids

PCSS Early Learning Academy

2000 Lee Seminary Road, Cookeville, TN 38506

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 24, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Park View Elementary

2000 Lee Seminary Road, Cookeville, TN 38506

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 24, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Park View Elementary

2000 Lee Seminary Road, Cookeville, TN 38506

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 24, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Park View School

2000 Lee Seminary Road, Cookeville, TN 38506

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 24, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Park View School

2000 Lee Seminary Road, Cookeville, TN 38506

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jun 24, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 7:15am-8:00am, Lunch 11:00am-12:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Prescott South Curbside

1859 South Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38506

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 6, 2026, Thu: Breakfast 10:00am-1:00pm, Lunch 10:00am-1:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Prescott South Curbside

1859 South Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38506

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 6, 2026, Thu: Breakfast 10:00am-1:00pm, Lunch 10:00am-1:00pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Meals to go · Open to all kids

Prescott South Middle School

1859 South Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38506

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:15am, Lunch 10:45am-12:15pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

Eat on-site · Open to all kids

Prescott South Middle School

1859 South Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38506

Sponsor: Putnam County · Seamless Summer Option

  • Ran Jun 1 to Jul 17, 2026, Mon to Fri: Breakfast 8:00am-9:15am, Lunch 10:45am-12:15pm

Site phone: (931) 525-4707

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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.