School break can be a strain on families who typically rely on free and reduced cost lunches. Summer means the kids need to eat more meals at home. In Washtenaw County, Food Gatherers runs most of the Summer Food Service Programs.
There are programs offering both Eat and Play (originally called Meet Up and Eat Up) and Grab and Go programs.
Meet Up & Eat Up Ann Arbor School Sites
Ann Arbor Public Schools offers breakfast and lunch through the Meet Up & Eat Up Summer Lunch Program. They are now serving meals at 3 locations – Abbot, Carpenter, and Tappan schools. Each of these schools is running a Summer School Program. The first time listed for each meal below is for all students with the times for students in the Summer School Program included in parentheses.
Note: Meals are not served on Friday, July 3 at any AAPS Site
Sites
- Abbot Elementary School – AAPS Site
- Address: 2670 Sequoia Parkway
- Program Dates: June 29-July 31
- Schedule: Mondays-Thursdays
- Breakfast: 9:30-10a (9-9:30a for Summer School Program)
- Lunch: noon-12:30p (11-noon for Summer School Program)
- Carpenter Elementary School – AAPS Site
- Address: 4250 Central Blvd
- Program Dates: June 22-July 17
- Schedule: Mondays-Fridays
- Breakfast: 8:30-9a (8-8:30a for Summer School Program)
- Lunch: 12:30-1p (11:30a-12:30p for Summer School Program)
- Tappan Middle School – AAPS Site
- Address: 2251 Stadium Blvd
- Program Dates: June 23-July 24
- Schedule: Mondays-Fridays
- Breakfast: 8:30-9a (7:45-8:30a for Summer School Program)
- Lunch: 12:30-1p (11a-12:30p for Summer School Program)
Meet Up & Eat Up – Ypsilanti Community Schools
Ypsilanti Community Schools is operating their own Meet Up & Eat Up program.
- Eastside Clark Rd Camp, Ypsilanti Community Center
- Address: 2025 E. Clark Rd, Ypsilanti
- 2026 Program Dates: June 8-August 13.
- Schedule:
- Breakfast Mondays-Thursdays 9-9:30a
- Lunch: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays – noon-12:30p
- Eastside Grove Rd Camp, RHIZA Church
- Address: 2201 Grove Rd, Ypsilanti
- 2026 Program Dates: June 8-August 13.
- Schedule:
- Breakfast Mondays-Thursdays 9-9:30a
- Lunch: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays – noon-12:30p
- Erickson Elementary
- Address: 1427 Levona, Ypsilanti
- 2026 Program Dates: June 15-July 23. Closed June 18 & July 2
- Schedule: Mondays-Thursdays
- Breakfast 7:45-8:45a
- Lunch 10:45a-noon
- Ford Early Learning Center
- Address: 2440 Clark Rd, Ypsilanti
- 2026 Program Dates: June 15-July 23. Closed June 18 & July 2
- Schedule: Mondays-Thursdays
- Breakfast 8-9a
- Lunch 11:15a-noon
- Puentes Multilingual School
- Address: 510 Emerick St, Ypsilanti
- 2026 Program Dates: June 15-July 23. Closed June 18 & July 2
- Schedule: Mondays-Thursdays
- Breakfast 7:45-9:45a
- Lunch 10:50a-1:30p
- WIMA
- Address: 105 N Mansfield St, Ypsilanti
- 2026 Program Dates: July 13-30
- Schedule: Mondays-Thursdays
- Breakfast: 9-9:45a
- Lunch 12:30-1:15p
- Ypsilanti Community Middle School
- Address: 235 Spencer Lane, Ypsilanti
- 2026 Program Dates: June 15-July 23. Closed June 18 & July 2
- Schedule: Mondays-Thursdays
- Breakfast: 9:15-10a
- Lunch 11:45a-1:45p
They also have a few individual meal or snack days.
- Rutherford Pool
- 975 S Congress St, Ypsilanti
- Date: Friday, July 10
- Meal: Dinner 4-6p
- Shadford Field
- 2095 Packard Rd
- Date: Saturday, July 18
- Meal: Supper 6-7:30p
- West Willow Park
- 2099 Tyler Rd, Ypsilanti
- Date: Friday, July 24
- Meal: Supper 3-5p
- Prospect Park
- 550 N Prospect Rd, Ypsilanti
- Date: Saturday, August 1
- Meal: Lunch noon-3p
- Ypsilanti High School
- 2095 Packard Rd, Ypsilanti
- Date: Wednesday, August 5
- Meal: Supper 6-8p
Ypsilanti District Library – FedUp Ministries Food Truck
FedUp Ministries will be bringing their food truck to noth the Superior Branch and the Michigan Ave Branch of Ypsilanti District Library on Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 9-August 6.
Grab & Go Sites
Food Gatherers is offering several Grab & Go sites. You can pickup a box for each child that includes 7 breakfasts and 7 lunches including thaw & serve entrees and shelf-stable meal components. Milk is also provided. Children do not need to be present at the pickup.
- South Pointe Scholars
- Address: 10550 Geddes Rd, Ypsilanti
- Program Dates: June 18-August 14
- Schedule: Fridays (Thursday, June 18 and Thursday, July 2 due to holidays on Friday)
- Pickup: 3:30-5p
- Celebration Kickoff – 3:30-5:30p June 18
- Symons Elementary School
- Address: 432 S. Platt Rd, Milan
- Program Dates: June 18-August 13
- Schedule: Thursdays
- Pickup 4-5p
- Celebration Kick-Off – 4-5p June 18
- Holiday West
- Address: 50333 Willis Rd, Belleville
- Program Dates: June 17-August 12
- Schedule: Wednesdays
- Pickup 4-5:00p
- Celebration Kick-Off – 4-5:30p June 17
- Rawsonville Woods
- Address: 10825 Rawsonville, Belleville
- Program Dates: June 16-August 11
- Schedule: Tuesdays
- Pickup 4-5p
- Celebration Kick-Off – 4-5:30p June 16
- Whitmore Lake High School
- Address: 7430 Whitmore Lake Rd, Whitmore Lake
- Program Dates: June 18-August 14
- Schedule: Fridays: (Thursday, June 18 and Thursday, July 2 due to holidays on Friday)
- Pickup: 4-5:30p
- Celebration Kick Off – 4-5p June 18
The USDA and are available to all kids 18 and under. Young adults under 26 who are enrolled in a state recognized education program are also eligible to receive free meals. The USDA program prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
