June 14 — Free meals are available to youth 18 and under in Flathead County during the summer months when school is not in session.
Meals will be served at schools, parks and other locations in Evergreen, Kalispell, Somers-Lakeside and Whitefish starting June 17. Columbia Falls locations have already begun serving meals.
No registration, proof of income or identification is required to participate at any location and all youth are welcome to participate at any location. The Summer Food Service Program works to ensure that youth from low-income families and neighborhoods receive nutritious meals during the summer school holidays. The school district receives federal and state reimbursement for the number of meals served. Somers-School District also received funding from No Kid Hungry, a national program administered by the nonprofit Share Our Strength.
For more information about the USDA Summer Meals Program or to search for participating locations, visit https://www.fns.usda.gov/sfsp.
Below is a list of locations and times that meals will be served. No meals will be served on the 4th of July.
Kalispell and Evergreen
Breakfast and lunch will be served weekdays from June 17th to August 16th. For more information, call the Kalispell Public Schools Food Services Department at 751-3400, extension 3443.
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Hawthorne Park, 184 Hawthorne Ave., 11 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Empire Estates off the Three Mile Loop, 11:25 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.
Northridge Park, 111 Northridge Dr., 11:50 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.
Lawrence Park, 1105 North Main St., 12:15 to 12:30 p.m.
Washington Park on Washington Street, 12:35 to 12:55 p.m.
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High, 20 W. Evergreen Dr., 11 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Hedges Elementary, 827 Fourth Ave E., 11:25 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.
Begg Park, 57 Begg Park Drive, 11:50 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.
Elrod Elementary, 412 Third Ave. W., 12:15 to 12:30 p.m.
Peterson Elementary, 1119 Second St. W., 12:35 to 12:55 p.m.
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Logan Fitness Center, 205 Sunnyview Lane in the west end parking lot, 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Fork
Breakfast and lunch will be served weekdays from June 17th to August 16th. Meals will not be served from July 1st to 6th. For more information, call Bigfork ACES at 837-5437.
Bigfork ACES, 639 Grand Dr., breakfast is served from 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. and lunch from noon to 12:20 p.m.
Colombia Falls
Breakfast and lunch are served at Canyon on Tuesdays and at Columbia Falls on Wednesdays through July. The district asks parents or guardians to pick up meals as five breakfasts and five lunches will be provided for each child. For more information, call Laurie Lunghuhn, Director of Food Services for the Columbia Falls School District, at 892-6540, extension 2005.
Tuesdays
Hungry Horse outdoors in the city park, from 10:00 to 10:45
Hungry Horse School in front of the school, 11:00-11:45
Martin City Firehall in front parking lot from 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Coram Firehall in the back parking lot, 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Wednesdays
Columbia Falls High School, 610 13th St W. near the Art Annex, 8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Glacier Gateway School, 440 4th Ave W in front parking lot, 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Ruder Elementary, 1500 12th Ave W. in the parking lot, 9:40 a.m. to 10:25 a.m.
Half Moon Mobile Home Park, 320 Braig Road, 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
River’s Edge Park, 501 Fourth Ave. E., 12 to 12:45 p.m.
Somers-Lakeside
Breakfast and lunch will be served weekdays from June 17th to August 16th. For more information, call Somers-Lakeside School District Food Service Director Robin Crosby at 249-7313.
Lakeside Elementary, 255 Adams St. in Lakeside, 11:50 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.
Corner of Blacktail and Tamarack Woods Drive in Lakeside (bulk meal pickup location), 12:15 p.m. to 12:20 p.m.
Corner of Manning Road and Farm Road, 1pm to 1:20pm
White fish
Lunches will be served on weekdays, from June 17th to August 23rd. Weekend bags will be delivered on Fridays. For more information, call the Whitefish School District at 862-8600.
Forest Acres, 4870 US 93, 10:45 a.m. to 11:05 a.m.
Skate Park, 290 Armory Road, 11:20 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Whitefish High School Sustainability and Entrepreneurship Center, 1143 Fourth St., 11:50 a.m. to 12 p.m.
City Beach, Lakeside Boulevard, 12:15 p.m. to 12:40 p.m.
Hilary Matheson can be reached at 758-4431 or hmatheson@dailyinterlake.com.
