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Where can Colorado kids in need eat for free this summer?

Summer can mean a loss of free meals for needy kids

Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 5: Season to Share visit to teacher Margaux Rowley's, second grade class at Ellis Elementary School in Denver as they eat their Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program meal at the start of class on Wednesday November 5, 2014. Students Daniel Kirilov, right, and Daliton Blawer, background, finish their breakfasts at their desk. One in five students in Colorado struggles with hunger, so schools with 80 percent or more students eligible for free or reduced lunch are now serving breakfast to their students.(Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)
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Students in Margaux Rowley's second-grade class at Ellis Elementary School in Denver eat breakfast at the start of class in 2014.

The last day of school and months of freedom aren’t all fun and games for some Colorado kids. For them, the summer months mean the loss of daily access to a free meal.

Hunger Free Colorado has put together a food finder that lists more than 500 community sites across the state that provide a meal to kids up to 18 years old at no charge. A and find the sites closest to them.

Here are 10 sites around Denver:

  1. Contemporary Learning Academy
    200 E. 9th Ave., Denver, CO 80203
    7:30-11:30 a.m., Monday through Friday
    Breakfast and lunch
  2. William E. Cope Boys & Girls Club
    808 Inca St., Denver, CO 80204
    Noon-2 p.m., Monday through Friday
    Lunch
  3. Emily Griffith Technical College
    1860 Lincoln St., Denver, CO 80203
    8-8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday
    Breakfast
  4. Greenlee Elementary School
    1150 Lipan St., Denver, CO 80204
    8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
    Breakfast and lunch
  5. I Have a Dream Foundation
    1401 Mariposa St., Denver, CO 80204
    Noon-2 p.m., Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
    Lunch
  6. La Familia Recreation Center
    65 S. Elati St., Denver, CO 80223
    2-6 p.m., Monday through Friday
    Dinner
  7. Denver School of Science and Technology: Byers Middle School
    150 S. Pearl St., Denver, CO 80209
    7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., Monday through Friday
    Breakfast
  8. Agape Christian Church
    2501 California St., Denver, CO 80250
    9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Thursday
    Snack and lunch
  9. Whittier Elementary School
    2480 Downing St., Denver, CO 80205
    7:15-11:45 a.m., Monday through Friday
    Breakfast and lunch
  10. Glenarm Recreation Center
    2800 Glenarm Place, Denver, CO 80205
    Noon-8 p.m.
    Lunch and snack

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