Summer Food

Thank you for donating the granola bars. I love them! We have been eating them every day and they are delicious. Thank you so much for helping us out this summer. Aubrey, age 9

Child sites serve free meals and snacks during the summer

The Food Bank sponsors several program sites over the summer months when children do not have access to free or reduced meals at school. The free meals and snacks provided at Ozarks Food Harvest Summer Food partner locations allow kids to stop worrying about food and start focusing on fun. This program is made possible thanks to the USDA’s SFSP, or the Summer Food Service Program, which reimburses participating agencies for associated costs.

  • 10

    Sites

    distribute summer meals to kids

  • 33k+

    Meals & snacks

    provided during summer months

  • 5

    Counties

    have summer feeding programs

Summer isn't fun when you're hungry

Meals and snacks are free

If your child, or a child you know, relies on free or reduced school lunches, Ozarks Food Harvest can help. Take advantage of the Summer Food Program, administered by Ozarks Food Harvest and other Feeding America food banks across the country. Find your county below to find a summer site near you, or call Ozarks Food Harvest at (417) 865-3411 if your organization is interested in becoming a partner site.

Contact Program Coordinator

Summer Food Sites

Barton County

  • About Our Kids Youth Development, Louis & Loretta Wolf Building
  • Nathan’s Place

Greene County

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield, Henderson Unit*
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield, Musgrave Unit*
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield, Stalnaker Unit*

Jasper County

  • Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Missouri, Comingo Unit
  • Fair Acres YMCA, Carthage Municipal Pool
  • Fair Acres YMCA, Carthage YMCA
  • Fair Acres YMCA, Steve Fierro Kids Café

Polk County

  • Community Outreach Ministries Bolivar, Cribbs Family Youth Park

Stone County

  • Boys & Girls Club Reeds Spring*

Taney County

  • Boys & Girls Club of the Ozarks, Shirley M. Schaefer Unit*
  • Boys & Girls Club of the Ozarks, Lake Taneycomo Elks Unit*

Webster County

  • Ozarks Family YMCA Seymour Branch

Wright County

  • Ann Short Turner Community Center
  • Ozarks Family YMCA Mountain Grove Branch

Sites listed include both non-sponsored partners and OFH-sponsored program sites. Meals provided by non-sponsored sites, indicated with an asterisk, are not included in this program’s totals.

All of Ozarks Food Harvest’s partner agencies comply with a non-discrimination policy and are prohibited from refusing service to anyone based on race, creed, religious or political affiliation, gender or sexual preferences. Agencies are also prohibited from requiring participation in any religious services or activities in exchange for Ozarks Food Harvest’s food or services.