Meriden Taking Part in Kids' Summer Lunch Program

Whoever said there's no such thing as a free lunch? In Connecticut this summer, the old adage is being proved wrong. You can get a free lunch — and breakfast — for your kids. 

In an effort to address childhood hunger in Connecticut at the local level, Meriden is joining dozens of other communities in taking part in the state's free summer lunch program for kids 18 and under.

Under the initiative the city is feeding children at numerous locations. The program aims to help feed kids whose only breakfast and lunch during the rest of the year are the meals they get for free at school.

The meals are being provided, through Aug. 24, at 535 sites across the state, many in schools with summer educational programs as part of them, according to a Hartford Courant report.

For more information on the program, click here.

Here are Meriden locations for free summer meals:

• Hanover School, 208 Main Street 
• John Barry School, 124 Columbia Street 
• Washington Park, 460 Liberty Street 
• Scenic View Park,36 Pleasant Street 
• Yale Acres, 25 Gilbert Road 
• Bronson Park, 223 Cook Avenue 
• Tot Lot, 200 Grove Street 
• Chamberlain Heights - Hollis Drive
• 120 Gravel Street, 120 Gravel Street 
• Mills Public Housing Project, Cedar and Park Streets
• Britannia Baseball Park, Britannia Street 
• Columbus Park, Lewis Avenue - School Play Yard 
• Endee Park, 12 Hobart Street 
• Faith Center, 22 Crown Street 
• City Park, Corner of Park and Franklin, Bunker Avenue 
• Beat the Street, 121 South Colony Drive 
• South First & Hanover Streets, 265 Hanover Street 
• Meriden YMCA Kids Campus, 500 South Broad Street 
• Johnson Farms , 24 New Cheshire Road 
• Roger Sherman Elementary School, 64 North Pearl Street 
• Chamberlain Heights - Lourdes Court, 28 Lourdes Court / Andrew Street 
• Maloney High School, 121 Gravel Street 
• Tracey Gardens, 1043 Old Colony Road 
• The Salvation Army, 23 Saint Casimir Drive 
• Ceppa Field, 83 Gale Avenue