One in five children in the state of Ohio do not know where their next meal is coming from. Many of these children rely on school meals during the regular school year. But during the summer months, they have nowhere to turn.
That is why the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is teaming up with UMC Food Ministry and Mt. Healthy City Schools to provide meals and snacks for children 18 and younger. People 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 summer meals.
The Summer Meals program, sponsored by the USDA and Ohio Department of Education, runs weekdays from June 3–Aug. 16* at the Main Library and select Library locations:
- Main Library (Children’s Learning Center and TeenSpot): Meal at noon, snack at 3 p.m.
- Avondale Branch: Meal at 12:30 p.m., snack at 3:30 p.m.
- Bond Hill Branch: Meal at 1 p.m., snack at 4 p.m.
- College Hill Branch: Meal at 4:15 p.m.
- Covedale Branch: Meal at 3 p.m.
- Deer Park Branch: Meal at 12:30 p.m., snack at 4 p.m. (service ends Aug. 12)
- Elmwood Place Branch: Meal at 1 p.m. (service ends Aug. 14)
- Groesbeck Branch: Meal at 12:30 p.m.
- Madisonville Branch: Meal at 12:30 p.m., snack 4:15 p.m.
- Mt. Healthy Branch: Meal at 1 p.m. (Monday–Thursday, June 3-July 11 only)
- North Central Branch: Meal at 12:30 p.m. (service ends Aug. 14)
- Pleasant Ridge Branch: Meal at 3 p.m.
- Reading Branch: Snack at 1:30 p.m., meal at 4:30 p.m.
- St. Bernard Branch: Meal at 12:30 p.m., snack at 4:30 p.m. (service ends Aug. 14)
- Walnut Hills Branch: Meal at 4 p.m.
- West End Branch: Meal at 1 p.m., snack at 4 p.m.
*There will be no meals Thursday, July 4, due to the Fourth of July holiday.
For additional summer food service options, please visit CinLib.org/SummerFood.
