Summer Food 4 Kids Program

Summer Food4Kids

Summer Food4Kids is a FREE 10-week program for children experiencing food insecurity in the Arkansas River Valley.

We provide weekly meal kits that include pasta, protein, whole grains, fresh produce, and kid-friendly snacks.

Pick up once a week from locations in Russellville, Dardanelle, Danville, Dover, Hector, Atkins, Clarksville, Lamar, or Coal Hill.

Summer Food4Kids 2025

Starts Tuesday, June 10th

Online Registration is CLOSED.

Distribution Times & Locations

Pope County

RUSSELLVILLE:

Crawford Elementary (1116 Parker Road) Tuesdays 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Oakland Heights (1501 S Detroit Ave) Tuesdays 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

River Valley Food 4 Kids (3001 E H Street) Tuesdays 5:00 PM-7:00 PM

ATKINS: Registration Full

Atkins First United Methodist Church (306 N Church Street, Atkins)

Wednesdays 11:00 AM-12:30 PM OR Wednesdays 6 PM-7:30 PM

DOVER:

First Baptist Church of Dover (149 AR-164, Dover) Tuesdays 4:00 PM-6:00 PM

HECTOR:

Hector Elementary School (11529 AR-27, Hector) Tuesdays 5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Yell County

DARDANELLE: Registration Full

Dardanelle Primary School (1376 Liberty Road, Dardanelle) Tuesdays 5:00 PM-7:00 PM

DANVILLE:

Danville First Baptist Church (1009 Main Street, Danville) Wednesdays 4:30 PM-5:30 PM

Johnson County

CLARKSVILLE:

Clarksville Jr. High (1701 W. Clark Road, Clarksville) Tuesdays 5 PM-7 PM

COAL HILL:

Coal Hill City Hall (101 East HWY 64, Coal Hill) Tuesdays 5 PM-7 PM

LAMAR:

Lamar Elementary (301 Elberta Street, Lamar) Tuesdays 5 PM-7 PM

Summer Food4Kids

How It Works

The Summer Food 4 Kids program provides free, kid-friendly meals to children in the Arkansas River Valley during the summer months when school is out. Once registered, families can pick up weekly food boxes at their designated location. These boxes are filled with nutritious, easy-to-prepare items to help ensure kids stay nourished all summer long.

Each box is designed to supplement meals for the week and is tailored to meet the needs of growing children. This is a supplemental nutrition program specifically designed for kids, offering kid-friendly items they can prepare on their own—like single-serve meals and snacks—alongside larger household staples such as bread, cereal, and protein to help provide extra fuel for the summer.

Families must pick up their boxes weekly to remain in the program.

What You Need to Know

This is a FREE program for qualifying families—there is no cost to participate.
We serve school children ages 3-18.
Households must register every year, even if they have participated in the summer program before.
Our programs follow the same income guidelines as SNAP/EBT, but please reach out if you have any questions.
You must pick up your food box every week at the same registered location. If you miss three consecutive weeks, you will be removed from the program.
Any abuse of this program, including providing false information, attempting to pick up at more than one location, or selling program food, will result in immediate removal from the program.
Registration is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
During the first distribution, you will be required to provide ONE form of identification for each child registered (SS Card, ARKids Card, Birth Certificate, etc.) AND a photo ID for the parent/guardian.

Comida4Ninos de Verano

Cómo funciona

El programa Comida de Verano para Niños ofrece comidas gratuitas y adaptadas a niños en el Valle del Río Arkansas durante los meses de verano, durante el receso escolar. Una vez inscritas, las familias pueden recoger cajas de alimentos semanales en su lugar designado. Estas cajas contienen alimentos nutritivos y fáciles de preparar para asegurar que los niños se mantengan nutridos durante todo el verano.

Cada caja está diseñada para complementar las comidas de la semana y se adapta a las necesidades de los niños en crecimiento. Este es un programa de nutrición suplementaria diseñado específicamente para niños, que ofrece alimentos que pueden preparar ellos mismos, como comidas individuales y bocadillos, junto con alimentos básicos como pan, cereales y proteínas para ayudarles a tener energía extra durante el verano.

Las familias deben recoger sus cajas semanalmente para permanecer en el programa.

Lo que necesita saber

Este programa es GRATUITO para familias que califican; participar es gratuito.
Atendemos a niños en edad escolar de 3 a 18 años.
Los hogares deben registrarse cada año, incluso si han participado anteriormente en el programa de verano.
Nuestros programas siguen las mismas pautas de ingresos que SNAP/EBT, pero contáctenos si tiene alguna pregunta.
Debe recoger su caja de alimentos cada semana en el mismo lugar registrado. Si no lo hace durante tres semanas consecutivas, será dado de baja del programa.
Cualquier abuso de este programa, como proporcionar información falsa, intentar recoger alimentos en más de un lugar o venderlos, resultará en la baja inmediata del programa.
La inscripción se realiza por orden de llegada.
Durante la primera distribución, se le solicitará que proporcione UNA forma de identificación para cada niño registrado (tarjeta SS, tarjeta ARKids, certificado de nacimiento, identificación escolar, incluidos aquellos de fuera de los EE. UU., etc.) Y una identificación con foto para el padre/tutor.