Free Meals for Kids in Western MA

Summer Eats 2026

Summer Eats is a federal nutrition program designed to ensure that all youth (18 and under) have access to healthy meals and snacks during the summer, when school is not in session! Free meals are available to all kids and teens at hundreds of sites across the state, no registration or ID required. Find locations in western MA below.

Berkshire County

Adams

The Adams Summer Eats program, run by Hoosac Valley Regional School District, will operate from July 6th - August 7th (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Hoosac Valley Elementary School Cafeteria (14 Commercial St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 7:30 - 9:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 10:30AM - 12:30PM

Becket

The Becket Summer Eats program, run by the Central Berkshire Regional School District, will operate from July 7th - August 22nd (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Becket Washington Elementary (12 Maple St)
Breakfast and Lunch grab and go meals: 8:00AM - 12:00PM

Dalton

The Adams Summer Eats program, run by the Central Berkshire Regional School District, will operate from July 7th - August 22nd (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Nessacus Regional Middle School (35 Fox Rd)
Breakfast and Lunch grab and go meals: 8:00AM - 12:00PM

Lee

The Lee Summer Eats program, run by Lee Public Schools, and will operate from June 29th - July 31st (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Lee Elementary School (310 Greylock St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 7:30 - 8:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11:30AM - 1PM
Dinner Serving Time: 4 - 5PM (Friday only)

North Adams

The North Adams Summer Eats program, run by North Adams Public Schools, will operate from June 30th - August 21st. View their schedule below.

Multi-Day Meal Pickup | Tuesdays and Fridays

Brayton Elementary (20 Brayton Hill Terrace) | 11:00 - 11:30AM
Greylock Valley Apartments (48 Angeli St) |11:30 - 11:45AM
Mohawk Forest Apartments (201 Mohawk Forest Blvd) | 12:00 - 12:15PM
Wheel Estates (1588 Church St) | 12:30 - 12:45PM

Lunch Service | Monday - Friday

North Adams Lake Windsor (200 Windsor Lake Rd) | 11:30 - 11:55 AM

Pittsfield

The Pittsfield Summer Eats program is run by Pittsfield Public Schools. View their schedule below.

Christian Center (193 Robbins Ave)
When: July 3rd - August 28th, Monday - Friday
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 10:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 12 - 1PM
Conte Community School (200 West Union St)
When: June 29th - August 21st, Monday - Friday
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9AM
Lunch Serving Time: 12:15 - 12:45 PM
Morningside Community School (100 Burbank St)
When: June 29th - August 21st, Monday - Friday
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9AM
Lunch Serving Time: 12:15 - 12:45 PM
Berkshire Peak Apartments (341 West St)
When: July 6th - August 14th, Monday - Friday
Lunch Serving Time: 12 - 12:30 PM
Dower Square (253 Wahconah St)
When: July 6th - August 14th, Monday - Friday
Lunch Serving Time: 12 - 12:30PM
Clapp Park (245 West Housatonic St)
When: July 6th - August 14th, Monday - Friday
Lunch Serving Time: 12 - 12:30 PM
Snack Serving Time: 2:30-2:45 PM
Durant Park (30 John St)
When: July 6th - August 14th, Monday - Friday
Lunch Serving Time: 12 - 12:30PM
Snack Serving Time: 2:30-2:45 PM
The Common (100 First St)
When: July 6th - August 14th, Monday - Friday
Lunch Serving Time: 12 - 12:30PM
Snack Serving Time: 2:30-2:45 PM
Pittsfield Farmer's Market (100 First St)
When: June 27th - August 22nd, Saturdays
Breakfast Serving Time: 9 - 10:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11:30AM - 1PM

Sheffield

The Sheffield Summer Eats program, run by the Southern Berkshire Regional School District, will operate from July 6th - August 6th (Monday - Thursday). View the details below.

Undermountain Elementary School (491 Berkshire School Rd)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:15 - 8:45AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11 - 11:30AM

Franklin County

Greenfield

The Greenfield Summer Eats program, run by Greenfield Public School, will operate from June 29th - August 21st. View the schedules below. For up-to-date information, visit their Facebook page.

Drive Thru Grab & Go |11AM - 12:30PM

Greenfield High School Drive Thru (21 Barr Ave, across from Kent entrance)
Greenfield Middle School Drive Thru (195 Federal St, side lot next to church)

Grab & Go Supper Sites | 5 - 6PM

Greenfield State Park (71 Chapman St) | Mondays
Greenfield Public Library (412 Main St) | Tuesdays
Just Roots Farm (34 Glenbrook Dr) | Wednesdays
Fosters Supermarket (70 Allen St) | Thursdays

Food Truck Grab & Go Lunch Sites

Leyden Woods Apts (Between Lilac and Bayberry Cts) | 10:20 - 10:50AM
Legion Ave Parking Lot (7 Legion Ave lot entrance) | 11:10 - 11:25AM
Greenfield Gardens (58 Pray Drive) | 11:40AM - 12:10PM
Hillside Splash (Grove St entrance) | 12:20 - 12:50PM
Oak Courts Apts (7 Oak Courts front of building) | 1 - 1:30 PM

Sit-Down Meal Sites

Green River Swim & Rec Area (1 Nash's Mill Rd)
Subject to weather closure (rain location GMS Cafeteria)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11:30AM - 12:30PM
YMCA of Franklin County (451 Main St, back entrance)
Lunch Serving Time: 12 - 12:30PM
Greenfield High School (21 Barr Ave)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8 - 8:15AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11:30AM - 12PM

Other Locations

Camp Apex (Peckville Rd, Shelburne)
When: June 29th - August 21st, Monday - Friday
Breakfast Serving Time: 7:45 - 8:45AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11:30AM - 12:30PM

Orange

The Orange Summer Eats Program, run by the Orange School Committee and Ralph C Mahar Regional School District, will operate from July 6th - July 31st (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Fisher Hill/Orange Elementary School (59 Dexter St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 12 - 1PM
Meal bundles available on Fridays: 2 Additional Breakfast and and 2 Additional Lunches per child served to take home for the weekend.
Ralph C. Mahar Regional School (507 South Main St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 12 - 1PM
Meal bundles available on Fridays: 2 Additional Breakfast and and 2 Additional Lunches per child served to take home for the weekend.

Turner Falls

The Turner Falls' Summer Eats Program, run by Gill-Montague Regional School District, will have differing start and end dates. View the details below.

Grab & Go Sites

Carnegie Library (201 Ave A, Turner Falls)
When: June 29th - August 14th, Monday - Friday
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11:30AM - 12PM
Unity Park (7 Ave A, Turner Falls)
When: June 29th - August 14th, Monday - Friday
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9:15AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11:30AM - 12:15PM
Hillcrest Elementary School (30 Griswold St)
When: July 6th - July 30th, Monday - Thursday
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:45 - 9AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11:30AM - 12:45PM

Hampden County

Chicopee

The Chicopee Summer Eats program is run by Chicopee FRESH, an initiative from Chicopee Public Schools' Food Service Department, and will operate from June 29th - August 14th (Monday - Friday). View their summer meal sites below.

Food Truck

Ray Ash Park (687 Arcade St)| 10:30 - 11AM
Rivers Park (17 Chicopee St) 11:10 - 11:40PM
Sarah Jane Park (21 Vivian St)| 11:50AM - 12:20PM
Szot Park (687 Front St) |12:50 - 1:20PM
Chicopee Library (449 Front St) | 1:30 - 2PM
Lincoln Grove Park (224 Broadway St)| 2:20 - 2:50PM

Meal Sites

Barry School (44 Connell St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8 - 9AM
Lunch Serving Time: 10:30AM - 12PM
Bellamy School (314 Pendleton Ave)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8 - 9AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11AM - 1PM
Bowe School (115 Hampden St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8 - 9AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11AM - 1PM
Chicopee High (820 Front St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 7:30 - 8:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 10:30AM - 12PM
Chicopee Comp (617 Montgomery St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 7:30 - 8:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 10:30AM - 12PM
Fairview School (26 Memorial Ave)
Breakfast Serving Time: 7:30 - 8:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 10:30AM - 12PM
Stefanik School (720 Meadow St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 7:30 - 8:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 10:30AM - 12PM
Williams Park (850 Burnett Rd) | 11AM - 12:30PM
Lambert-Lavoie (99 Kendall St) | 12:30 - 1:30PM

Holyoke

The Holyoke Summer Eats program is run by Holyoke Public Schools and will operate from June 30th - August 14th (Monday - Friday). View their meal sites below.

Lunch Sites

Heritage Park (221 Appleton St) | 11 - 12PM
Community Field (Community Field Rd) | 11:15AM - 12:15PM
Holyoke Public Library (250 Chestnut St) | 11:15AM - 12:15PM
McMahon Field (75 Kane Rd) | 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Pouliot Pool (575 Maple St) | 11:30AM - 12:30PM

Food Truck Sites

Carlos Vega Park (Hamilton St) | 11 - 11:40AM
Springdale Park (844 Main St) | 11:55AM - 12:35PM
Holyoke Hills (Tokeneke Rd) | 12:50 - 1:30PM

Other Sites

Boys & Girls Club Gtr. Holyoke (70 Nick Cosmos Way)
When: June 24th - August 21st, Monday - Friday
Dinner Serving Time: 6 - 7:30PM

Monson

The Monson Summer Eats program is run by Monson Public Schools and will operate from July 6th - August 8th (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Quarry Hill Community School (43 Margaret St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11 - 12:30PM
Meal bundles available on Fridays: 2 Additional Breakfast and and 2 Additional Lunches per child served to take home for the weekend.

Palmer

The Palmer Summer Eats program, run by Palmer Public Schools, will operate July 6th - August 7th (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). View the details below.

NC Palmer Public High School (4105 Main St)
Breakfast and Lunch Serving Time: 10:45 - 12:30PM
Meal bundles available on Fridays: 2 Additional Breakfast and and 2 Additional Lunches per child served to take home for the weekend.

Springfield

The Springfield Summer Eats program is run by Springfield Public Schools' nutrition program, Home Grown Springfield, and Sodexo. Visit Home Grown Springfield's website for more details and up-to-date information. View their summer meal sites below.

Location	Address	Start-End Date	Days	Lunch
Brightwood Lincoln	255 Plainfield St	6/24-7/30	M-F	11AM-12:30PM
Deberry Elementary	680 Union St	6/24-7/30	M-F	11AM-12:30PM
Kids Club 1 Root Inc	716 Sumner Ave	6/29-8/14	M-F	11:45AM-12:30PM
Bay Meadows Apartments	99 Bay Meadow Rd	6/20-8/14	M-F	12-1PM
Blunt Park Swimming Pool	95 Blunt Park Rd	6/29-8/14	M-F	11:30AM-1:30PM
Colonial Estates	1 Beacon Circle	6/29-8/14	M-F	12-1PM
Marshall Roy Park	162 El Paso St	6/29-8/14	M-F	11:30AM-12:45PM
Spring Meadow Apartments	176 Canon Circle	6/30-8/14	M-F	11:30AM-12:30PM
Balliet Elementary	52 Rosewell St	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Beal Elementary	285 Tiffany St	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Benjamin Swan	680 Union St	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Boland Elementary	426 Armory St	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Brookings Elementary	433 Walnut St	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Brunton Elementary	1801 Parker St	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Dryden Elementary	190 Surrey Rd	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Duggan Academy	1015 Wilbraham Rd	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Forest Park Middle	46 Oakland St	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Gerena Elementary	200 Birnie Ave	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Harris Elementary	58 Hartford Terr	7/6-7/30	M-TH	11AM-12:30PM
Kiley Academy	180 Cooley St	7/6-7/30	M-F	11AM-12:30PM
Lower Liberty Heights Neighborhood Council	233 Franklin St	7/6-8/14	M-F	11:30AM-1:30PM

Westfield

The Westfield Summer Eats program is run by Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield and will operate from June 23rd - August 26th (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Boys & Girls Club Greater Westfield (28 W. Silver St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9AM
Lunch Serving Time: 12:30 - 1PM
Chapman Playground (50 St Paul St) | 1 - 1:30PM
Colonial Pine Acres (50 Southampton Rd) |11:30AM - 12PM
Cross St Playground (27 Cross St) | 12:55 - 1:30PM
Edgewood Apts (134 Union St) | 11:30AM - 12PM
Hubbard St Playground/Spraypark | 12:55 - 1:30PM
Powdermill Village (126 Union St) | 12:10 - 12:40PM
Sadie Knox Playground (50 Prospect St) | 12:15 - 12:45PM
Westfield Athenaeum - Children's Library (6 Elm St) | 12:10 - 12:40PM
YMCA of Greater Westfield (67 Court St) | 11:30AM - 12PM

West Springfield

The West Springfield Summer Eats program, run by West Springfield Public Schools, will operate from June 22nd - August 14th (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Phillip G Coburn Elementary (115 Southworth St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8 - 9:30AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11:15AM - 12:15PM

Hampshire County

Amherst

The Amherst Summer Eats program, run by UMASS Amherst Dining, will operate from June 29th - August 14th (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Food Truck Sites
Olympia Oaks (85 Olympia Dr) |12 - 12:15PM
University Village (990 North Pleasant St) | 12:25 - 12:45PM
Mill River Recreation Area (95 Montegue Rd) | 1 - 1:20PM
Village Park (497 Eat Pleasant St) | 1:35 - 1:45PM
MeadowView Apartments (266 E. Hadley St) | 2:05 - 2:15PM
Butternut Farms (11 Longmeadow Dr) | 2:30 - 2:45PM
Colonial Village (81 Belchertown Rd) | 3 - 3:15PM
Rolling Green (1 Rolling Green Dr) | 3:20 - 3:35PM
Meal Sites
Amherst High School (21 Matton St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11:30AM - 12:30PM

Belchertown

The Belchertown Summer Eats program is run by the Belchertown School Committee will operate from July 6th - August 21st (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Chestnut Hill Community School (59 State St) | 11:30AM - 1PM
Meal bundles available on Fridays: 2 Additional Breakfast and and 2 Additional Lunches per child served to take home for the weekend.

Easthampton

The Easthampton Summer Eats program is run by Easthampton Public Schools, will operate from June 29th - August 14th (Monday - Friday). View the details below.

Mountain View School (200 Park St)
Breakfast Serving Time: 8:30 - 9:15AM
Lunch Serving Time: 11AM - 12:30PM

Northampton

The Northampton Summer Eats program, run by Northampton Public Schools' Freshhampton initiative, will operate from June 29th - August 13th (Monday - Thursday). View their summer meal sites below.

Bridge St Elementary School Playground (2 Parsons St, Northampton) | 12 - 12:30PM
Florence Heights (98 Florence Heights, Unit 8D, Florence) | 1 - 1:30PM
Hampshire Heights (241 Jackson St, Northampton) |12 - 12:30PM
Meadowbrook Apartments (491 Bridge Rd, Northampton) | 12 - 12:30PM