Free Meal Sites Open to Connecticut’s Children
East Hartford, CT- CT Summer Meals, a USDA federally-funded program administered by the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), provides no cost nutritious breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks to children 18-years of age and younger, no questions asked.
Following last year’s model, many sites have the added flexibilities to improve access to meals, including: allowing parents and guardians to pick up meals; offering multiple meals (breakfast and lunch, or meals for multiple days) during one pick-up; and allowing those meals to be consumed off-site. Many sites will operate through late August.
All children age 18-and-under can receive free meals at over 400 sites throughout the State. End Hunger Connecticut! (EHC!)’s Meal Locator Map, which allows residents to find a site closest to them, is now live and operated in partnership with the CSDE.
Below is the current schedule:
| East Hartford Site Location | Serving Times | Meal Service Dates |
| Sunset Ridge School 450 Forbes Street | Breakfast: 8:30am-8:45am Lunch: 11:30am-12:00pm | 06/08/23 - 06/16/23 07/05/23 - 08/04/23 |
| Langford Elementary 61 Alps Drive | Breakfast: 8:30am-9:00am Lunch: 12:30pm-1:15pm | 07/05/23 - 08/04/23 |
| East Hartford Middle School 777 Burnside Avenue | Breakfast Only: 8:30am-9:00am | 06/12/23 - 06/30/23 |
| McAuliffe Park 30 Remington Road | Breakfast: 8:30am-9:00am Lunch: 12:30pm-1:00pm | 06/19/23 - 08/04/23 |
| Goodwin Park 1235 Forbes Street | Breakfast: 9:00am-9:15am Lunch: 11:30am-11:45am | 06/19/23 - 08/04/23 |
| Gorman Park 305 May Road | Breakfast: 8:30am-8:45am Lunch: 12:00pm-12:30pm | 06/19/23 - 08/04/23 |
| Hockanum Park 320 High Street | Breakfast: 9:00am-9:30am Lunch: 11:30am-12:00pm | 06/19/23 - 08/04/23 |