Here are just a few of the many federally supported free meal programs offered by community agencies and schools. Children ages 1 through 18 years old, regardless of income, can eat at the sites. Meals are generally first-come, first-served:
Metro Parks Tacoma sponsors free lunch weekdays noon to 1 p.m. and free snacks 4 to 4:30 p.m. at the following Tacoma sites now through Aug. 20, unless otherwise noted.
• Christian Brotherhood Academy, 2136 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, through Aug. 21.
• City Family Worship, 107 E. 72nd St., through Aug. 21.
• Franklin Park, South 13th Street & Puget Sound Avenue.
• Jefferson Park, North Ninth & Monroe streets.
• Manitou Park, South 66th and South Stevens streets.
• McKinley Playfield, East 44th Street & McKinley Avenue.
• Mercy Housing, 1708 S. G St., through Aug. 21.
• People’s Community Center, 1602 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, through Aug. 21.
• Portland Avenue Park, 3513 Portland Ave.
• South End Neighborhood Center, 7802 S. L St., through Aug. 21.
• South Park, 5101 S. Puget Sound.
• Spanish Hills apartment complex recreation room, 6409 S. 12th St., through Aug. 3.
• Tacoma Housing Authority building, 4205 E. R St., Salishan, through Aug. 22.
• Wright Park, 501 S. I St.
• Vision Center, 2102 S. M St., through Aug. 21.
The Tacoma School District sponsors free meals at numerous schools.
The following Tacoma high schools will offer breakfast 7:30 to 8 a.m. and lunch noon to 12:30 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, Aug. 3 to 20, unless otherwise noted:
• Lincoln, 701 S. 37th St.
• Lincoln Center at Lincoln, Aug. 21, 24 to 28, Aug. 31 to Sept. 1, breakfast 8:45 to 9 a.m., lunch noon to 12:30 p.m.
• Mount Tahoma, 4634 S. 74th St.
• Stadium, 111 N. E St., lunch only, 10 a.m. to noon, through July 30; breakfast 7:30 to 8 a.m. and lunch noon to 12:30 Aug. 3 to 20.
• Wilson, 1202 N. Orchard St.
The following Tacoma middle schools will offer breakfast 8 to 8:30 a.m. and lunch 11:30 a.m. to noon, Mondays through Thursdays, Aug. 3 to 20, unless otherwise noted:
• Baker, 8320 S. I St.
• Hunt, 6501 S. 10th St., breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Jason Lee, 602 N. Sprague Ave.
• Giaudrone, 4902 S. Alaska St.
• Gray, 6229 S. Tyler, breakfast from 8:30 to 9 a.m., lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. now through July 30; breakfast 8 to 8:30 a.m. and lunch 11:30 a.m. to noon Aug. 3 to 20.
• Mason, 3901 N. 28th St.
• Meeker, 4402 Nassau Ave. N.E.
• Stewart, 5010 Pacific Ave.
• Truman, 5801 N. 35th St.
The following Tacoma elementary schools will offer breakfast 8:45 to 9 a.m. and lunch noon to 12:30 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, Aug. 3 to 20, unless otherwise noted:
• Birney, 1202 S. 76th St.
• Blix, 1302 E. 38th St., July 27 to Aug. 13, breakfast 8:30 to 9 a.m. and lunch noon to 12:30 p.m.; Aug. 3 to 20, breakfast 8:45 to 9 a.m. and lunch noon to 12:30 p.m.
• Boze, 1140 E. 65th St., breakfast and lunch through July 30.
• Bryant Elementary, 717 S. Grant St.
• DeLong, 4901 S. 14th St.
• Edison, 5830 S. Pine St., breakfast 8:30 to 9 a.m., lunch noon to 12:30 p.m. through July 30; breakfast only Aug. 10 through 20.
• Fawcett, 126 E. 60th St.
• Geiger, 621 S. Jackson St.
• Stafford, 1615 S. 92nd St., breakfast 8:30 to 9 a.m., lunch noon to 12:30 p.m. through July 30.
• Lister, 2106 E. 44th St. breakfast 8:30 to 9 a.m., lunch noon to 12:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, through Aug. 7; lunch only, Aug. 10 to 20.
• Larchmont, 8601 E. B St.
• Manitou Park, 4330 S. 66th St.
• Mann, 1002 S. 52nd St., breakfast and lunch now through July 23, then Aug. 3 to 20.
• McKinley, 3702 McKinley Ave., breakfast 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., lunch noon to 12:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, Aug. 10 to 21.
• Northeast Tacoma, 5412 29th N.E.
• Point Defiance, 4330 N. Visscher St.
• Reed, 1802 S. 36th St.
• Roosevelt, 3550 E. Roosevelt Ave.
• Stanley, 1712 S. 17th St.
• Sheridan, 5317 McKinley Ave., breakfast 8:15 to 9 a.m. and lunch noon to 1 p.m.
• Skyline, 6501 N. 23rd St., breakfast 8:30 to 9 a.m. and lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. through July 30; breakfast 8:45 to 9 a.m. and lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 3 to 20.
• Whitman, 1120 S. 39th St., breakfast 8:30 to 9 a.m. and lunch noon to 12:30, now through July 30.
Clover Park School District offers free lunch at the following Lakewood-area schools Mondays through Thursdays, 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., now through July 30, except where noted:
• Clover Park High, 11023 Gravelly Lake Drive S.W., Mondays through Fridays, 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., now through Aug. 7.
• Woodbrook Middle, 14920 Spring St., Mondays through Fridays, through July 31.
• Lochburn Middle, 5431 Steilacoom Blvd. S.W.
• Dower Elementary, 7817 John Dower Road W.
• Evergreen Elementary, 9010 Blaine Ave., Fort Lewis.
• Lakeview Hope Academy, 10501 47th Ave. S.W.
• Oakwood Elementary, 3230 85th St. S.
• Park Lodge Elementary, 6300 100th St. S.W.
The Sumner School District offers free lunch at the following sites Mondays through Fridays, now through Aug. 28:
• Daffodil Valley Elementary cafeteria, 1509 Valley Ave. in Sumner, 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Liberty Ridge Elementary cafeteria, 12202 209th Ave. Court E. in Bonney Lake, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The University Place School District offers free meals Mondays through Fridays, now through July 24 at:
• University Place Primary, 2708 Grandview Dr. W., University Place, breakfast 8 to 8:15 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to noon.
The Bethel School District offers free lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. weekdays at the following Spanaway-area schools now through Aug. 14:
• Evergreen Elementary, 1311 E. 172nd St.
• Thompson Elementary, 303 159th St. E.
The St. Leo Food Connection sponsors free lunches noon to 1 p.m. plus kids' games from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on weekdays now through Aug. 28 at the following sites:
• McCarver Elementary School, 2111 S. J St., Tacoma.
• Bryant Elementary, 717 S. Grant St., Tacoma.
• McKinley Elementary, 3702 McKinley Ave., Tacoma.
• Sheridan Elementary, 5317 McKinley Ave., Tacoma.
• Larchmont Elementary, 8601 E. B St., Tacoma.
• Springbrook Park, 12501 Addison St. S.W., Lakewood.
• Mt. Tacoma Trailer Park, 3214 96th St., Lakewood.
• Wards Lake Park, 8599 Pine St. S., Lakewood.
Debby Abe, The News Tribune
