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Update to this article: If you have kids 18 or under in need of breakfast or lunch this summer, text "food" to 877877 to receive a message with the closest location where they can get free summer meals. This is not restricted to the City of Virginia Beach. No Kids Hungry has access to information about tens of thousands of groups serving free meals nationwide as part of the USDA Summer Food Services Program.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Free breakfast and lunch meals will be available to all children ages 18 years and younger at certain Virginia Beach City Public Schools locations this summer.
The Summer Food Service Program is held by the Virginia Department of Education and federally funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program offers meals to children who might otherwise go hungry during the summer months when school is not in session.
According to the USDA, the Summer Food Service Program provided more than 1.5 million nutritious meals and snacks to children during the summer in 2018.
Children do not have to be enrolled in summer school or in the school division to take part in the program, nor do they or their parents have to complete paperwork or show proof of income or identification. Children only need to show up at an open summer meal site during the designated hours to receive a meal.
The full list of locations and times is here:
Birdneck Elementary, Luxford Elementary, Holland Elementary, Williams Elementary:
Monday through Thursday, June 17 through August 16
8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. (breakfast), 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (lunch)
Lynnhaven Elementary
Monday through Thursday, June 18 through July 3
9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (breakfast), 11:30 a.m. to noon (lunch)
Green Run Elementary
Monday through Thursday, July 8 through July 31
8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (breakfast), 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (lunch)
Bayside Elementary, Newton Elementary, Parkway Elementary, Point O’View Elementary, Windsor Oaks Elementary, Kempsville Meadows Elementary, White Oaks Elementary, Shelton Park Elementary
Monday through Thursday, July 8 through August 1
8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (breakfast), 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (lunch)
Rosemont Elementary
Monday through Thursday, July 8 through August 1
8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (breakfast), 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (lunch
Seatack Elementary
Monday through Thursday, July 8 through August 1
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (breakfast), 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (lunch)