As part of their commitment to provide discovery without barriers, CHPL partners with UMC Food Ministry to bring meals and snacks to select Library locations.

Check the Free Meals page at CHPL for the most up to date information

Summer Meals and Snacks for Kids and Teens

Free meals and snacks are available Mondays through Fridays during the summer. Participants must eat at the Library.

Select branches have food or snacks available on Saturday(*).

• Avondale: Meal 12:30-1:30 p.m.| Snack 3:30-4 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 19)
• Bond Hill: Meal 12:45-1:45 p.m. | Snack 4-5 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 13)
• Cheviot: Meal Noon-1 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 19)
• Clifton: Meal 3-4 p.m. (May 29-Aug. 15)
• College Hill: Meal 1-1:30 p.m. (May 23-Aug.17)
• Corryville: Meal 12:30-1 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 19)
• Covedale: Meal 3-4 p.m. | Snack Noon-1 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 19)
• Deer Park: Meal 12:30-1:30 p.m. (May 22-Aug. 11)
• Elmwood Place: Meal 12:30-1 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 12)
• Forest Park: Meal 4-5 p.m. (May 27-Aug. 17)
• Groesbeck: Meal 12:30-1 p.m. (May 23-Aug.13)
• Madisonville: Meal 2-2:45 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 19)
• Mt. Healthy: Meal 3-3:45 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 19)
• Northside: Meal 3:30-4 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 18)
• Price Hill: Meal 1-2 p.m. Monday-Friday & 3-4 p.m. Saturday | Snack 4-5 p.m. Monday-Friday & 11 a.m.-noon Saturday (May 23-Aug. 19)*
• St. Bernard: Meal 2:15-3 p.m. (May 23-Aug.12)
• Walnut Hills: Meal 3:15-4 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 19)
• West End: Meal 1:15-1:45 p.m. | Snack 4:15-4:45 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 19)
• Westwood: Meal 3-5 p.m. (May 23-Aug. 19)

Meal service locations and serving times are subject to change. 

Who is Eligible for Meals

All children ages 1 through 18 are eligible to receive free meals. Individuals ages 19 through 21 who have been identified as having mental or physical disabilities and are following Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) through their current enrollment in educational programs also are eligible for free meals. There are no other eligibility requirements.

About the Meals Service

According to Feeding America, over 42,000 children in Hamilton County live in a food insecure household. That means one in six children are unsure of where their next meal is coming from. Children facing hunger are more likely to struggle with school and exhibit behavioral problems.

The UMC meal service is made possible through federal funding, as part of the USDA’s Child Nutrition Programs.