Free meals are available to youths 18 and under in Flathead County over the summer months when school is not in session. 

Meals will be served at sites in Columbia Falls, Evergreen, Hungry Horse, Kalispell, Martin City, Somers-Lakeside and Whitefish.  

No registration, proof of income or identification is required to participate and all children and teens are welcome at any site. The Summer Food Service Program works to ensure that youth from low-income families and neighborhoods get nutritious meals when school is out for summer break. School districts receive federal and state reimbursement based on the number of meals served.  

Below is a list of locations, dates and times meals will be served.

Columbia Falls, Hungry Horse, Martin City and Coram 

Breakfast and lunch will be served Tuesdays, starting June 24, in Hungry Horse, Martin City and Coram. On Wednesdays, meals will be served in Columbia Falls.  

Five breakfasts and five lunches will be provided to each child at a time, and the district requests that parents or guardians pick up the meals. Delivery may be available in some rural areas. 

For more information call Columbia Falls School District Food Service Department Director Laurie Lunghuhn at 892-6540 extension 2005. 

Tuesdays, June 24, July 8, 15, 22 and 29 and Aug. 5 and 12 

9 to 10 a.m., Hungry Horse Park, U.S. 2 E., Hungry Horse. 

10:15 to 11:15 a.m., Canyon School, 200 N. St., Hungry Horse. 

11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Martin City Fire Department, 320 Central Ave., Martin City. 

12:30 to 1:15 p.m., Coram Post Office parking lot, 10055 U.S. 2 E., Coram.  

Wednesdays, June 25, July 9, 16, 23 and 30 and Aug. 6 and 13 

8 to 9 a.m., Columbia Falls High School, 610 13th St. W. 

9:15 to 9:40 a.m., Ruder Elementary, 1500 12th Ave. W.  

10 to 11 a.m., Glacier Gateway School, 440 Fourth Ave. W.  

11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., River’s Edge Park, 501 Fourth Ave. E. 

Land to Hand will be serving meals from 11 to 11:30 a.m. on weekdays through Aug. 20 at Wildcat Garden, 1805 Talbot Road, Columbia Falls. 

Olney and Trego

Meals will be served weekdays through Aug. 20.

10:40 to 11:10 a.m., Olney-Bissell School, 5955 Farm to Market Road, Whitefish.

Noon to 12:30 p.m., Trego, Fortine and Stryker Community Hall, 312 Fortine Creek Road, Trego. 

Evergreen and Kalispell  

Kalispell Public Schools will distribute free breakfasts and lunches on weekdays from June 16 through Aug. 15. No meals will be served on July 4. All breakfasts are served with fruit and milk. All lunches are served with fruit, vegetables and milk.  

For more information call Kalispell Public Schools Food Services Department at 751-3400 extension 3443 or 3646. 

White van 

11 to 11:15 a.m., Hawthorne Park on Hawthorne Avenue. 

11:25 to 11:40 a.m., Empire Estates off Three Mile on Empire Loop. 

11:50 a.m. to 12:05 p.m., Northridge Park on Northridge Drive. 

12:35 to 12:55 p.m., Russell Elementary School, 227 W. Nevada St. 

White food truck 

11 to 11:15 a.m., Evergreen Jr. High, 20 W. Evergreen Dr. 

11:25 to 11:40 a.m., Hedges Elementary School, 827 Fourth Ave. E. 

11:50 a.m. to 12:05 p.m., Begg Park, 57 Begg Park Dr. 

12:15 to 12:30 p.m., Elrod Elementary School, 412 Third Ave. W. 

12:35 to 12:55 p.m., Peterson Elementary School, 1119 Second St W., at Meridian Park. 

Red food truck 

11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Logan Fitness Center, west end of the parking lot. 

Somers and Lakeside 

Breakfast and lunch will be served weekdays, with one exception, through Aug. 15. No meals will be served on June 23-27 or July 4.  

For more information call Somers-Lakeside School District Food Service Director Robin Crosby at 249-7313 or email [email protected]. 

11 to 11:30 a.m., Somers Middle School, 315 School Addition Road, Somers. 

11:50 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Lakeside Elementary, 255 Adams St., Lakeside. 

1:05 to 1:15 p.m. on Mondays only, Corner of Blacktail and Tamarack Woods Drive in Lakeside (pre-ordered bulk meal pick-up site). 

Whitefish 

Meals will be served weekdays, June 16 through Aug. 20. Meals will not be served June 23, 24 and 25 and July 4. 

Weekend bags will be handed out on Fridays. For more information, call Whitefish Food Service Director Dannel Flanagin at 862-8620 extension 249. 

10:40 to 11:15 a.m. City Beach, Lakeside Boulevard. 

10:40 to 11:15 a.m. Olney-Bissell School, 5955 Farm to Market Road 

10:45 to 11:05 a.m., Forest Acres, 4870 U.S. 93. 

11:20 to 11:45 a.m., Skate Park, 290 Armory Road. 

Reporter Hilary Matheson may be reached at 748-4431 or [email protected].