2023 Summer Meals for Kids in Hampton Roads

It is officially SUMMER and that meals summer meals provided for kids through the USDA’s Summer Feeding Program. Listed below you can find the plan for each local city (in addition to the link where we found the info so you can check for updates) for providing food to their students.

Additional Information (Mobile Pantry) Southside: Click Here

Additional Information (Mobile Pantry) Peninsula: Click Here 

Chesapeake 

From Chesapeake City Schools – 

Hampton

Hampton Parks Recreation and Leisure Services is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability or age, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided on a First Come, First Served basis.

Dates: Tuesday, June 20 – Friday, August 25, 2023

From the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank (click here for updates): Meals will be provided on a first-served basis at the following times and locations (No meals on July 4th) :

June 20 – August 25, 2023
Families Overcoming Obstacles Together, 2100 Kecoughtan Road
Breakfast: 8:30am. – 9am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 12 Noon – 12::30pm Monday – Friday

June 12 – August 25, 2023
New Mt. Olive Christian Childcare Center, 919 Aberdeen Road, 23661
Breakfast: 7am – 7:45am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 11am – 11:45am Monday – Friday

June 26 – August 25, 2023
Empowering Future Leaders Academy, 1525 Power Plant Parkway
Breakfast: 8am – 8:30am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 11am – 12:30pm Monday – Friday

June 13 – August 25, 2023
YMCA Hampton, 1 YMCA Way
Lunch: 12 Noon – 1pm Monday-Friday
PM Snack – 3pm – 4pm Monday – Friday

Newport News

From the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank (click here for updates): Meals will be provided on a first served basis at the following times and locations (No meals on July 4th) :

June 20 – August 18, 2023
C. Waldo Scott Center, 3100 Wickham Avenue, 23607
Breakfast: 8:30am – 9:30am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 11:30am – 1pm Monday – Friday

June 20 – August 4, 2023
Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church, 830 25th Street
Breakfast: 9am to 9:30am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 12 noon – 12:45pm Monday – Friday

June 20 – July 28, 2023
Gethsemane Baptist Church, 5405 Roanoke Avenue
Breakfast: 8am – 8:45am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 12:15pm – 1pm Monday – Friday

June 20 – July 28, 2023
Newport Harbour Apartments, 2325 Madison Avenue, 23607
Breakfast: 9am – 9:45am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 11:45am – 12:15pm Monday – Thursday
Lunch 11am – 11:45am Friday

June 14 – August 25, 2023
The Ivy Towers Apartments, 700 Waterfront Circle, 23607
Breakfast: 10am – 10:30am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 12:30pm – 1pm Monday – Friday
Mobile Truck Delivery

June 14 – August 25, 2023
Pearl Bailey Library, 2510 Wickham Ave., 23607
Breakfast: 9am – 9:30am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 11am – 12pm Monday – Friday
Mobile Truck Delivery

June 12 – August 25, 2023
Metropolitan YMCA, 7827 Warwick Blvd, 23607
Breakfast 8am – 8:30am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 12 noon – 1pm Monday – Friday

June 19 – August 18, 2023
The Wonder Years Network, 1135 37th Street
Breakfast: 8:45am – 9:15am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 12 noon – 12:30pm  Monday – Friday

June 19 – August 25, 2023
Greater Joy COGIC, 72 Walnut Avenue
Breakfast: 9am – 10am Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Lunch: Noon – 12:30pm

June 20 – August 25, 2023
House of Refuge Worship Center, 1217 Ivy Avenue
Breakfast: 8:30am –  9am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 12:30pm – 1pm Monday – Friday

June 19 – August 25, 2023
True Heart Summer Camp, 813 Forrest Drive
Breakfast: 8am – 9am Monday – Friday
Lunch: 11:30am – 12:30pm Monday – Friday

Norfolk 

From Norfolk Public Schools –

• The summer meals program is open to all children 18 & under, free of cost. Summer meal service will begin on Monday, June 26, 2023. The summer meals program spans beyond schools to various recreation centers, camps, community centers, and libraries across Norfolk to help us reach Norfolk children where they already are.

USDA Summer Meals Information: Norfolk

• June 20-August 18, 2023: Grandy Village Boys & Girls Club
  • 3017 Kimball Terrace |757-226-0001
  • Breakfast 8:30-9:30am | Lunch 12:30-1:30pm
• June 20-August 18, 2023: Southside Boys & Girls Club, Berkley Unit
  • 701 Berkley Avenue Extension | 757-545-5963
  • Breakfast 9:00-10:00am | Lunch 11:30am-1:00pm
• June 20-August 18, 2023: Young Terrace Boys & Girls Club
  • 804 Whitaker Lane | 757-904-0572
  • Lunch 12:00-2:00pm | Afternoon Snack 4:00-5:00pm
• June 26-August 25, 2023: The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center of Hampton Roads
  • 1401 Ballentine Boulevard | 757-622-5762
  • Breakfast 9:00-9:45am | Lunch 12:15-1:00pm

Portsmouth

The Portsmouth Department of Parks & Recreation is sponsoring the USDA Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for the summer of 2023. View dates and schedule here.

• Meals will be provided to all children without charge. These meals are the same for all children, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service (see below for the complete non-discrimination information).
• Meals will be provided Monday, June 26 through Thursday, Aug. 31 (excluding July 4) on a first-come, first-served basis

USDA Summer Food Service Program –USDA Summer Meals Information: Portsmouth

• June 20-August 25, 2023: Portsmouth Boys & Girls Club
  • 5905 Portsmouth Boulevard | 757-967-8361
  • Breakfast 8:00-9:00am | Lunch 12:00-1:00pm

Smithfield

From the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank (click here for updates): Meals will be provided on a first served basis at the following times and locations:

June 19 – August 25, 2023
Luter Family YMCA, 259 James Street
Lunch: 11am – 1pm Monday – Friday

Suffolk

USDA Summer Meals Information: Suffolk

• June 26-August 18, 2023: Suffolk Boys & Girls Club, Forest Glen Unit
  • 200 Forest Glen Drive | 757-652-4017
  • Breakfast 8:30-9:30am | Lunch 12:30-1:30pm

• The Suffolk Public Library has brought back their Lunch and More Mess Hall program.
  • Suffolk Public Library runs the program in partnership with No Kid Hungry and the Virginia Department of Education. Free lunches are provided for all children under 18 on a first come, first served basis. Kids are invited to make a craft, explore something new, and enjoy a free lunch at Morgan Memorial Library.
  • Mess Hall runs June 26 thru August 18, 2023, from 12-1pm

Virginia Beach 

Virginia Beach Public Schools Food Services – Virginia Beach Public Schools is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability or age, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided, on a first come, first serve basis, at the sites and times TBA.

USDA Summer Meals Information: Virginia Beach

Yorktown

From the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank (click here for updates): Meals will be provided on a first served basis at the following times and locations (No meals on July 4th) :

June 26 – August 16, 2023
Woods of Yorktown, 2801 Old Williamsburg Road
Lunch: 12pm – 12:45pm Monday – Wednesday

June 26 – August 16, 2023
Yorktown Square/Rivermeade Apartments, 100 Rivermeade Court
Lunch: 12:00pm – 12:45pm Monday – Wednesday

Additional Resources For Summer Meal Distribution: