Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is once again, in 2020, providing free breakfast and lunch to children age 1 to 18 this summer. The meals will be provided at over 50 CMS schools. This is not something parents have to apply for. All children are eligible.
All the meals are “Grab and Go” this summer.
To see which schools are participating, look below, or check out this list. Or call Child Nutrition Services at 980-343-6041. The start and end dates vary by school. Some schools started serving meals on June 15th, 2020.
Participating Summer Meals Sites
- Albemarle Road Elementary
- Allenbrook Elementary
- Barringer Academic Center
- Billingsville Elementary
- Briarwood Elementary
- Bruns Avenue Elementary
- Clear Creek Elementary
- Crown Point Elementary
- David Cox Road Elementary
- Devonshire Elementary
- Eastway Middle
- Governors Village Stem Academy
- Hickory Grove Elementary
- Hidden Valley Elementary
- Highland Renaissance Academy
- Hopewell High
- Hornets Nest Elementary
- Huntingtowne Farms Elementary
- Idlewild Elementary
- JH Gunn Elementary
- Joseph W Grier Academy
- Lake Wylie Elementary
- Lebanon Road Elementary
- Marie G Davis
- McClintock Middle
- Metro School
- Mountain Island Lake Academy
- Nations Ford Elementary
- Newell Elementary
- Oakdale Elementary
- Oakhurst STEAM Academy
- Oaklawn Language Academy
- Pineville Elementary
- Pinewood Elementary
- Quail Hollow Middle
- Ranson Middle
- Reedy Creek Elementary
- Renaissance West STEAM Academy
- Sedgefield Middle
- Starmount Academy of Excellence
- Steele Creek Elementary
- Sterling Elementary
- Stoney Creek Elementary
- Thomasboro Academy
- Tuckaseegee Elementary
- University Meadows Elementary
- Walter G Byers School
- Westerly Hills Academy
- Whitewater Academy
- Winding Springs Elementary
- Windsor Park Elementary
CMS Lunch Express Mobile Meal Sites
CMS Lunch Express will be available for some areas where it’s difficult for students to get to a feeding site. The meals are delivered to apartment complexes and mobile homes.
Here’s a list of sites for Lunch Express. Find the addresses, and any updates here.
- Fieldridge Acres MHP
- Robert Smith Park
- Forest Brook Apartments
- Stonewall Jackson Apartments
- West Bloomfield MHP
- Bellhaven Estate Homes
- Kingswood MHP
- Champion House of Care
- Tanglewood Apartments
- Woodstone Apartments
- Little Rock Apartments
- Pressley Apartments
- InTowne Suites Extended Stay
CMS’s Summer Food Service Program is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered through the NC Department of Public Instruction. CMS is reimbursed for the cost of the meals served to eligible children.
Not in Mecklenburg County? Visit this site to see if there are participating locations in your community. Or text FOOD to 877877 and then enter your zip code. You’ll get a message with information about the closest summer food site.
It’s important to understand that this program is not a Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools program. It’s a program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Summer Food Service Program. It’s administered by states. Local organizations manage the programs, but the food is paid for by the Department of Agriculture, because it is in our country’s best interest for our children to not go hungry.
The Summer Food Service Program was first created as part of a larger pilot program in 1968. It became a separate program in 1975.
In many areas, the summer food program is held in community centers, camps, health clinics, hospitals, churches and other locations. If you are involved in an organization and you’d like to take part in helping to feed children this summer through the USDA program, this toolkit will help you get started.
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