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Workers from the Salvation Army’s Feed the Kids summer meal program distribute food to children in Milwaukee’s neighborhoods. (Photo by Carolyn Portner)

For families looking for places to feed their children during summer break, there are local organizations across Milwaukee’s North and South Sides offering summer meal sites for children to eat for free throughout the week. 

Here are a few that you can visit.

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1. Summer Meals program

Hunger Task Force will be offering meal services to children under 18 through its Summer Food Service program. Meals will be given out daily, except weekends. Click here to see a map of sites near you and various dates and times. More information here.

2. Resources & Beyond Summer Meals

Resources & Beyond will be feeding healthy meals to children and teens from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. The program begins on June 24 and runs through Aug. 21 at 9155 N. 76th St. More information here.

3. Feed the Kids program

Salvation Army is running its Feed the Kids program from June 24 to Aug 21 for children 18 and under in underserved communities in Milwaukee. In accordance with U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, all meals must be eaten onsite. Click here to view a list of site locations and meal times.

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Chesnie Wardell serves as the intergenerational reporter for NNS. In addition, she writes features on notable North Side and South Side residents. She reported for other newsrooms like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, covered teacher vacancies through an O'Brien fellowship and was selected as an inaugural member of the New York Times Corps. She is a 2025 graduate of Marquette University, where she studied journalism and theology.