Summer is getting close and I know you are wondering “Where can we find my kid’s free lunch near me?”. The upstate has programs in place to provide FREE breakfasts and lunches for kids in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Pickens Counties. So many families rely on the school system to assist with meals for their children. Local school districts are helping kids by eliminating the cost of school lunches and breakfast from parents’ worries.
This article includes:
Free Summer Meal Locations for Kids from Greenville County Schools
Free Summer Meal Locations for Kids from Spartanburg County Districts
Free Summer Meal Locations for Kids in Pickens County Schools
Things to Know about 2023 Free School Summer Meals for Kids
- ALL kids 18 and under in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Greenville Counties qualify for free summer school food service breakfast and lunches, no questions asked. Your child doesn’t need to attend a specific school or financially qualify. T
- There are some districts in Spartanburg County that require the student to be enrolled at that school, and we have notated this restriction if the information was provided.
- Children will be required to eat their meals on-site. There will not be takeaway meals for 2023 for Greenville County Schools or the School District of Pickens County.
- Pickens County will also offer free meals for anyone enrolled in school-age 21 and older with mental or physical disabilities.
For more assistance with getting food for your family, check out our guide to Finding Help in the Upstate
Here are the locations where your kids can get free breakfast and lunch!
The Summer Food Service Program (2023)
For Summer 2023, Greenville County Schools will participate in the USDA Seamless Summer Food Service Program to provide meals to children in Greenville County. Spartanburg has a couple of districts that have confirmed meal programs, with specific districts listed below.
For Greenville County, All children 18 and under are eligible for free meals at any of the locations below on the designated dates. There will be no discrimination during the meal service – any child 18 and younger can show up and receive a free meal.
There is a map available on the USDA Summer Meals for Kids Site Finder to locate meal programs closest to your location. If you need additional food assistance for your children, you can contact the USDA National Hunger Hotline, Monday through Friday between 7 am to 10 pm at 1.866.3.HUNGRY (1.866.348.6479) (for English) or 1.877.8.HAMBRE (1.877.842.6273) (for Spanish). This is the best way to get the latest information since all the locations have different times and locations can also change.
Additional Greenville County food resources can be located through the LiveWell Greenville spreadsheet and printable guide. These guides are provided in both English and Spanish, and have resources throughout the county to receive meals to combat food scarcity.
Free Lunch Near Me: Greenville County Schools Summer Meals
Beginning June 5, 2023, Greenville County Schools will offer free breakfast and lunch to all children 18 years and younger this summer from June through July. Roper Mountain Science Center will serve lunch beginning June 3, 2023, Monday through Saturday through August 5, 2023. Nutritionally balanced meals will be provided at several school locations as well as at Roper Mountain Science Center. Children must be present when picking up meals to go. All meal locations will be closed the week of July 3, 2023.
GCS Locations Serving Breakfast and Lunch for 2023
Berea High School: 201 Burdine Drive, Greenville
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Travelers Rest High School: 301 North Main Street, Travelers Rest
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Wade Hampton High School: 100 Pine Knoll Drive, Greenville
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Greer High School: 3000 East Gap Creek, Greer
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Southside High School: 6630 Frontage at White Horse Road, Greenville
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Blue Ridge High School: 2151 Fews Chapel Road, Greer
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Riverside High School: 794 Hammett Bridge Road, Greer
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Fountain Inn High School: 644 Quillen Avenue, Fountain Inn
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Bryson Middle School: 3657 South Industrial Drive, Simpsonville
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
JL Mann High School: 160 Fairforest Way, Greenville
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Mauldin Middle School: 1190 Holland Road, Simpsonville
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Carolina High School: 2725 Anderson Road, Greenville
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Greenville High Academy: 1 Vardry Street, Greenville
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Woodmont High School: 2831 West Georgia Road, Piedmont
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Sterling School Charles Townes Center: 99 John McCarroll Way, Greenville
Meals Monday through Thursday: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
Breakfast- 8 AM to 9 AM; Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Roper Mountain Science Center: 402 Roper Mountain Road, Greenville
Meals Monday through Saturday: June 3, 2023 – August 5, 2023
Lunch 11 AM to 1 PM
Roper Mountain Science Center will only be serving lunch, (no breakfast) which parents can locate at the food truck in the main parking lot. Parents will NOT need to purchase entry into RMSC in order to obtain their food.
Free Lunch Near Me: Spartanburg District Schools Summer Meals
Spartanburg School District One
Currently, Spartanburg School District 1 has not released plans for summer meals. We will update you once we have more information.
Spartanburg School District Two
District 2 has not released updated information for 2023 for summer meal programs. We will update the information once available. In previous years, district two has offered meals at four locations, including:
Chesnee Elementary
Boiling Springs Middle
Boiling Springs High School
Shoally Creek Elementary
Spartanburg School District Three
For 2023, District 3 will be serving free breakfast and lunch meals for all children and teens under 18. Breakfast will be Monday through Friday from 7 AM – 8 AM. Lunch will be Monday through Friday from 11 AM – 12 PM. The location will be closed the week of July 3, 2023 – July 7, 2023.
Meals will be served at Clifdale Middle School– 451 Heritage Hills Drive, Spartanburg
Spartanburg School District Four
For 2023, Spartanburg District 4 will sponsor several locations in southern Spartanburg County for summer meals. Summer meals at schools will only be available for students who are enrolled there. Additional locations are available for children not enrolled in one of the schools. Those who pick up summer meals from the schools, Woodruff Leisure Center, or Kelly Acres will be ineligible to pick up 5-day meal kits.
If you have a child 18 years or younger who does not pick up meals from a meal site, 5-day meal kit distribution will be available. For more information, please contact Audry Terry at aterry@spartanburg4.org.
Woodruff Primary, Elementary, Middle, and High School-
Closed enrolled only for Summer meals. Meals will be available Monday- Thursday in June.
Woodruff Leisure Center- 550 Cavins Road, Woodruff, SC
Meals Monday through Friday: June 6, 2022, through August 5, 2022
Breakfast- 7:45 AM to 8:30 AM; Lunch 12 PM- 12:30 PM
Kelly Acres- 110 Miller Drive, Woodruff, SC
Meals Monday- Friday; June and July
Lunch- 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Spartanburg School District Five
Spartanburg District 5 has not updated plans for a 2023 summer meal program. We will update you once we know more. Please continue to check the Spartanburg District Five website for updates.
In previous years, District 5 has offered a summer meal program at J. F. Byrnes High School from June – August.
Spartanburg School District Six
District 6 has not updated plans for a 2023 summer meal program. We will update you once we know more. Information and updates can be located on the Spartanburg District Six website.
Spartanburg School District Seven
School Sites Open to the Public for District 7:
Parents are advised that times and dates are subject to changes, so please reach out to your closest summer meal site to confirm before arriving.
Important information regarding summer meals for Spartanburg District 7:
- Most meal site locations are open: June 5, 2023 – July 27, 2023
- Cleveland will only be open July 10 – July 27, 2023
- Spartanburg High School will be open from June 12 – July 27, 2023
- Whitlock will only be open June 5 – July 27, 2023
- All school sites will be closed the week of July 3 – July 7, 2023
Monday – Thursday only; Breakfast: 7:30 am – 8:30 am; Lunch 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
- Drayton Mills– 1500 Skylyn Drive, Spartanburg
- Mary Wright– 57 South Church Street, Spartanburg
- Jesse Boyd– 1505 Fernwood Glendale Road, Spartanburg
- Meeting Street– 201 East Broad Street #110, Spartanburg
- Whitlock– 364 Successful Drive, Spartanburg (Breakfast starts at 7:15-8:10 am; Lunch 11 am – 12 pm)
Monday-Friday; Breakfast: 7:30 am – 8:30 am; Lunch 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
- Cleveland– 151 Franklin Street, Spartanburg
- Carver Middle– 467 South Church Street, Spartanburg
- Spartanburg High School– 2250 East Main Street, Spartanburg
Non-School Sites for Summer Meals:
These sites are subject to change and may or may not be open to the public. Contact the site directly to ensure that meals are available. You can find more information on the Summer Feeding Flyer.
- Saint Paul Miss – 238 Southern Avenue, Spartanburg
- YMCA Spartanburg- 151 Ribault Street, Spartanburg
- PCA Piedmont Community Action, 300 South Daniel Morgan Avenue, Spartanburg
- Maranatha Ministries Baptist- 95 Ashley Street, Spartanburg
- CC Woodson Community Center- 210 Bomar Avenue, Spartanburg
- Thronton Activity Center- 500 Norris Street, Spartanburg
- Dr. TK Gregg Community Center- 650 Howard Street, Spartanburg
- Macedonia Baptist Church- 502 South Daniel Morgan Avenue, Spartanburg
- Fairview Baptist Church- 1551 Bryant Road, Spartanburg
- Willis R. YMCA- 501 Willis Road, Spartanburg
- Crescent Hill Apartments- 108 Pineneedle Drive, Spartanburg
- Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church- 4455 Anderson Mill Road, Spartanburg
- Una New Life Center
Free Lunch Near Me: Pickens County Summer Meals
The School District of Pickens County will offer summer meals through the Seamless Summer Options from June 1, 2023 – July 21, 2023. Meals are for any child 18 and under, or 21 and younger if enrolled in school with a disability. Meals must be consumed on-site.
Breakfast is served from 7 am to 9 am. Lunch will be served from 11 am to 1 pm.
Summer meals will be offered at the following sites:
- McKissick Academy: 156 McKissick Road, Easley, SC
- Pickens Elementary School: 567 Hampton Road, Pickens, SC
- Liberty Elementary School: 251 North Hillcrest Street, Liberty SC
Do you know of a place offering free food this summer to add to our list?
