Free summer meals available again this year; see details
Posted Date: 05/29/26 (06:00 PM)
Kids ages 18 and under in the City of Poughkeepsie will be able to get free lunch and breakfast Monday through Friday throughout the summer once again.The Poughkeepsie City School District Summer Meals program will provide free food at five open locations each weekday from July 6 through Aug. 28. Due to construction at both Poughkeepsie high and middle schools planned for most of the summer, the Pioneer on the Run bus location will be at Pulaski Pool rather than at a school.
Students taking part in the district’s in-building summer programs will receive their meals inside the schools.
No registration is required. Lunch will be provided at all five sites; breakfast will only be available at the Pioneer On The Run bus. The district is also sending food to a wide range of summer camps, churches and programs. While some participating camps provide breakfast and lunch, others provide just one meal; contact your camp to learn more.
The five locations, subject to change, will be:
• Pioneer on the Run at Pulaski Pool: 62 Washington St. Breakfast 8:30-9:30 a.m.; Lunch 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Thurgood Marshall, 109 Delafield St. Lunch 11 a.m.-noon
• Harriet Tubman Terrace Apartments, 21 Williams St. Lunch 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• MLK Apartments, 159 Washington St. Lunch 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
• Hudson Garden Apartments, 120 Hudson Ave. Lunch noon-1 p.m.
The district, each day, prepares hundreds of meals for children around the area through funding provided through the state. To find sites outside of the area operated by a different entity, visit www.fns.usda.gov/sfsp


