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Washington · summer 2026 (last summer)
Free summer meals for kids in Washington
674 summer meal sites in 143 Washington cities and towns, run by 132 sponsors, from USDA's Summer Meals Site Finder. 98 offer meals to go and 576 are eat on-site.
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.
SUN Bucks (Summer EBT) in Washington
According to USDA, Washington took part in SUN Bucks (also called Summer EBT) in 2026. See how to apply on USDA's Washington Summer EBT page. USDA's page was last updated August 14, 2026. To take part, a state or Tribe needs an approved plan from USDA, and each decides again every year. Check the current list on USDA's site for next summer.
Cities with the most summer meal sites
Largest sponsors in Washington
- City of Seattle Child Nutrition Program - UA Centers 45 sites
- Auburn School District 40 sites
- Spokane School District 35 sites
- Kent School District 34 sites
- Federal Way School District 33 sites
- Des Moines Area Food Bank 20 sites
- Everett School District 19 sites
- Share, INC 19 sites
- Edmonds School District 15 sites
- Thurston County Food Bank 15 sites
All cities A–Z
- Aberdeen 11
- Airway Heights 4
- Algona 1
- Anacortes 1
- Anderson Island 4
- Arlington 1
- Auburn 41
- Battle Ground 1
- Bellevue 2
- Bellingham 4
- Benton City 1
- Bow 1
- Bremerton 10
- Brewster 1
- Bridgeport 1
- Burien 5
- Burlington 1
- Centralia 2
- Chattaroy 1
- Chehalis 3
- Cheney 3
- Clarkston 1
- Cle Elum 1
- College Place 1
- Colville 1
- Concrete 1
- Connell 3
- Cosmopolis 1
- Covington 4
- Cusick 1
- Deer Park 3
- Des Moines 9
- East Wenatchee 4
- Easton 1
- Edmonds 1
- Ellensburg 8
- Elma 3
- Enumclaw 1
- Ephrata 3
- Everett 25
- Everson 1
- Federal Way 23
- Ferndale 2
- Fife 2
- Forks 6
- Fort Lewis 1
- Grandview 3
- Granger 2
- Granite Falls 1
- Harrah 1
- Hoquiam 6
- Ilwaco 1
- Kelso 5
- Kennewick 7
- Kent 32
- Kittitas 1
- Lacey 8
- Lake Stevens 1
- Lakewood 8
- Liberty Lake 1
- Longview 4
- Lynnwood 11
- Lynwood 1
- Manson 1
- Marysville 2
- Mattawa 2
- Mesa 2
- Mill Creek 1
- Monitor 1
- Monroe 1
- Morton 1
- Moses Lake 14
- Mossyrock 3
- Mount Vernon 4
- Mountlake Terrace 2
- Nespelem 1
- Newport 1
- Oak Harbor 3
- Olympia 11
- Omak 1
- Onalaska 1
- Orondo 1
- Othello 2
- Outlook 1
- Pacific 3
- Pacific Beach 1
- Pasco 10
- Pateros 1
- Peshastin 1
- Port Angeles 9
- Port Orchard 4
- Prosser 1
- Pullman 3
- Puyallup 1
- Quincy 3
- Raymond 3
- Redmond 1
- Renton 9
- Republic 1
- Richland 5
- Rochester 1
- Rock Island 1
- Roslyn 1
- Royal City 3
- Salkum 1
- Sea 1
- SeaTac 11
- Seattle 51
- Sedro Woolley 5
- Sequim 6
- Shelton 6
- Shoreline 4
- Snohomish 4
- Soap Lake 2
- South Bend 1
- Spokane 42
- Spokane Valley 3
- SpokaneValley 1
- Stanwood 2
- Steilacoom 4
- Sultan 1
- Sumner 1
- Sunnyside 5
- Tacoma 25
- Taholah 1
- Tonasket 1
- Toppenish 6
- Tukwila 4
- Tumwater 4
- Twisp 1
- Union Gap 1
- Vancouver 29
- Vantage 2
- Waitsburg 1
- Walla Walla 6
- Wapato 3
- Warden 1
- Wenatchee 8
- West Richland 1
- Winlock 1
- Woodinville 1
- Woodland 1
- Yakima 9
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Questions families ask
Who can eat at a summer meal site?
USDA says its summer meal programs serve meals and snacks at no cost to children 18 and younger. Sites marked "Open to all kids" are open sites in USDA's data, meaning they welcome children from the community. Sites marked "Open with limits" are open to the community but can limit who attends, for example for safety or space. Hours change, so call the site before you go.
What does "Eat on-site" or "Meals to go" mean?
Eat on-site means meals and snacks are eaten at the site. Meals to go means they can be picked up and eaten somewhere else; some sites hand out more than one day at a time.
When are summer 2027 sites announced?
Sites for the next summer are usually announced in the spring, after sponsors apply to their state agencies. Until then this page shows last summer's list as a guide to which towns and sponsors ran sites. The official place to look is the USDA Summer Meals Site Finder.
Is this the same as SUN Bucks?
No. SUN Bucks, also called Summer EBT, is a separate USDA program that gives eligible families a benefit on a card. Summer meal sites serve meals to kids directly. Your state may offer one, both or neither.
Run a summer program in Washington?
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.
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