The Atlanta Summer Food Program has returned for another year.
The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation has partnered with the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning’s Bright from the Start program to provide meals to children in low-income areas.
The program began services on June 9 and will end on July 25, serving lunch onsite to children and teenagers up to the age of 18. Participants already enrolled in the city’s Camp Best Friends program are automatically eligible for free breakfast and lunch.
Sites will be located at seven City of Atlanta outdoor pools, four Atlanta-Fulton Public Library locations and one splash pad.
To assist those without adequate access to transportation, the program will continue the Mobile Feeding Program on Wheels.
“Several families depend on APS for nutritious meals — sometimes the only one a young person will get that day. This program is critical so that the City can stand in the gap during Summer Break. Thank you to DPR, the State and everyone who makes this possible,” said Mayor Andre Dickens in a city press release.
The city says that the program aims to serve an average of 3,000 meals daily to Atlanta children, totaling over 150,000 meals by the end of summer.
The dates, times and locations for the program’s sites are listed below.
Outdoor Swimming Pool Sites (Lunch Only)
Anderson Park
100 Anderson Ave. NW
June 9 through July 25
Wednesday and Thursday 2:15 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Candler Park
1500 McClendon Ave. NE
June 9 through July 25
Monday and Friday 12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Grant Park
625 Park Ave. SE
June 9 through July 25
Wednesday 1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
John A. White
1101 Cascade Cir. SW
June 9 through July 25
Monday and Friday 1:45 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
Maddox Park
1142 Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy NW
June 9 through July 25
Tuesday and Friday 2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
Mozley Park
1690 MLK Jr., Dr. NW
June 9 through July 25
Monday and Tuesday 1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
Reverend James Orange Park
1305 Oakland Ln. SW
June 9 through July 25
Thursday 1:15 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
South Bend Park
2000 Lakewood Ave SE
June 9 through July 25
Monday and Friday 1:45 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.
Splash Pad Site (Lunch Only)
Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Historic Vine City
616 Joseph E. Boone Blvd NW
June 9 through July 25
Monday through Friday 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Library Mobile Sites (Lunch Only)
Adamsville-Collier Heights Library
3424 Martin Luther King Jr Dr SW
(404) 613-7330
June 9 through July 25
Tuesday and Thursday 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Hapeville Public Library
525 King Arnold St.
(404) 762-4065
June 9 through July 25
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Northwest Branch at Scotts Crossing
2489 Perry Blvd NW
(404) 613-4364
June 9 through July 25
Tuesday & Wednesday 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Southeast Branch
463 Pryor Rd SW
(404) 613-5771
June 9 through July 25
Monday and Wednesday 11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
