Chicago Public Schools summer free lunch program starts on Monday
Greater Chicago Food Depository says that hunger and food insecurity are increasing
Between February 2020 and February 2021, the Greater Chicago Food Depository distributed 30% more pounds of food, and 22.3 million additional meals. Good Day Chicago anchor Roseanne Tellez talks with Jim Conwell of the Greater Chicago Food Depository about what you can do if you need help, or want to offer help.
CHICAGO - Chicago Public School's free summer lunch program starts on Monday.
Anyone under 18 can get free food at one of dozens of locations across the city. The young person does not have to be a CPS student to get free food.
The program runs through August 12.
All of these locations will be serving food on weekdays from 10 a.m. until noon:
- Alcott, 2957 N. Hoyne Avenue
- Ashe, 8905 S. Ingleside Avenue
- Aspira - Haugan, 3729 W. Leland Avenue
- Bateman, 4220 N. Richmond Street
- Beidler, 3151 W. Walnut Street
- Belmont-Cragin, 5252 W. Palmer Street
- Bogan, 3939 W. 79th Street
- Boone, 6710 N. Washtenaw Avenue
- Bowen, 2710 E. 89th Street
- Brunson, 932 N. Central Avenue
- Calmeca, 3456 W. 38th Street
- Carson, 5516 S. Maplewood Avenue
- Carver Military, 13100 S. Doty Avenue
- Chalmers, 2745 W. Roosevelt Avenue
- Chavez, 4747 S. Marshfield Avenue
- Columbua Explorers, 4520 S. Kedzie Avenue
- Daley, 5024 S. Wolcott Avenue
- Davis N, 3014 W. 39th Place
- De Diego, 1313 N. Claremont Avenue
- Depriest, 139 S. Parkside Avenue
- Dulles, 6311 S. Calumet Avenue
- Edwards, 4815 S. Karlov Avenue
- Galileo, 820 S. Carpenter Street
- Galliestel, 10347 S. Ewing Avenue
- Garvey, 10309 S. Morgan Street
- Greene, 3525 S. Honore Street
- Gresham, 8524 S. Green Street
- Hale, 6140 S. Melvina Avenue
- Haley, 11411 S. Eggleston Avenue
- Hamline, 4747 S. Bishop Street
- Hammond, 2819 W. 21st Place
- Hay, 1018 N. Laramie Avenue
- Hernandez, 3510 W. 55th Street
- Hirsch, 7740 S. Ingleside Avenue
- Jordan, 7414 N. Wolcott Avenue
- Kelly, 4136 S. California Avenue
- Kelvyn Park, 4343 W. Wrightwood Avenue
- Kennedy, 6325 W. 56th Street
- Lara, 4619 S. Wolcott Avenue
- Lavizzo, 138 W. 109th Street
- Lee, 6448 S. Tripp Avenue
- Lyon, 2941 N. McVicker Avenue
- Marsh, 9822 S. Exchange Avenue
- Metcalfe, 12339 S. Normal Avenue
- Mollison, 4415 S. MLK Jr. Drive
- Moos, 1711 N. California Avenue
- Morrill, 6011 S. Rockwell Street
- Nixon, 2121 N. Keeler Avenue
- Orr, 730 N. Pulaski Road
- Ortiz de Dominguez, 3000 S. Lawndale Avenue
- O'Toole, 6550 S. Seeley Avenue
- Parker, 6800 S. Stewart Avenue
- Parkside, 6938 S. East End Avenue
- Peck, 3826 W. 58th Street
- Peirce, 1423 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
- Piccolo, 1040 N. Keeler Avenue
- Poe, 10538 S. Langley Avenue
- Rogers, 7345 N. Washtenaw Avenue
- Ruggles, 7831 S. Prairie Avenue
- Sadlowski, 3930 E. 105th Street
- Saucedo, 2850 W. 24th Boulevard
- Sherwood, 245 W. 57th Street
- Simeon, 8147 S. Vincennes
- South Shore International, 1955 E. 75th Street
- Stevenson, 8010 S. Kostner Avenue
- Sumner, 4320 W. 5th Avenue
- Taft, 6530 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
- Tarkington, 3330 W. 71st Street
- Thorp J, 8914 S. Buffalo Avenue
- Twain, 5134 S. Lotus Avenue
- Ward J, 2701 S. Shields Avenue
- Washington, 3535 E. 114th Street
- Young ES, 1434 N. Parkside