INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Schools, community canters and parks across Indianapolis are offering free, healthy meals to kids as part of the Indy Parks summer meals program.
The Summer Servings Meal Program is part of the Summer Food Service Program. It aims to fill the summer gap when children don’t have access to the meals they receive from the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs during the school year, Indy Parks says.
“Every year, Summer Servings provides thousands of children here in Indianapolis with the nutritious meals they all deserve,” Mayor Joe Hogsett said in a release. “If we want our city’s youth to thrive, we must first ensure that they have what they need to grow and learn in a healthy environment, and that is what Summer Servings is all about.”
Summer Servings meals are provided on weekdays at 11 Indy Parks and community serving locations and five mobile units that serve various park, library, and apartment complex locations. The program is open to all youth 18 and under, but they must be present and eat the meal on-site. No registration is necessary.
The following Indy Parks Meal Serving Sites are available Monday-Friday until July 25:
- BRAVE Music Enterprises – 3969 Meadows Drive, 12 – 1 p.m.
- Broad Ripple Park – 1610 Broad Ripple Ave., 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Christ Missionary Church – 1001 Eugene St., 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Christian Park – 4200 E English Ave., 12 – 2 p.m.
- Ellenberger Park – 5301 E. Saint Clair St., 12 – 12:30 p.m.
- Frederick Douglass Park – 1616 E. 25th St., 12 – 12:45 p.m.
- Garfield Park – 2345 Pagoda Dr., 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
- Krannert Park – 2901 West Mooresville Rd., 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Riverside Park – 2420 E Riverside Dr., 12 – 2 p.m.
- Watkins Park – 2360 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St., 3 – 4 p.m.
- Windsor Village Park – 6510 E. 25th St., 12 – 1 p.m.
More information about Indy Parks meals programs, including a full list of mobile meals sites, can be found here.
