Summer Food Service

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank participates in the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), starting in late May, helping ensure that children across the region have access to nutritious food to fuel their learning, play, and growth all summer.

The program helps feed children across the region every day during the summer.

The Food Bank provides wholesome breakfast items, vegetables, fruit, dishes with protein from meat and other sources, and fun healthy snacks to organizations like the Boys and Girls Clubs, summer school programs, churches, and recreation programs that serve children at risk of being food insecure. It is provided to all children without charge, helping children thrive and stay on track for healthy development.

The Food Bank will serve approximately 550 children through SFSP, providing over 34,000 meals to children across our 25-county service area during the summer program. Please check this site early in May for an updated list of sites that will participate in the Summer Food Service Programs for 2025.

One in seven (1 in 7) children in Virginia is food insecure. The Summer Food Service Program is designed to reach children who may not get nutritious meals at home over the summer break. Students receiving free or reduced-price meals when school is in session are at particular risk.

Below is a list of sites offering Summer Food Service Programs:

Name	Address	Dates	Serving Days & Times
By God’s Grace – New Canton	27294 N. James River Hwy., Scottsville	5/27-8/5	Tu 3:00-5:00 & 3rd Sat 10:00-12:00
By God’s Grace – Scottsville	190 James River Rd., Scottsville	6/11-8/6	Wed 4:00-6:00
Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries	782 Prospect Ave, Charlottesville	6/9-7/17	M-Th, 8:00-8:30 & 12:00-12:30
Craigsville Library Station	18 Hidy St., Craigsville	7/1-7/30	Wed, 1:00-3:00
Edinburg Lutheran Church	210 Center St., Edinburg	5/27-8/8	1st + 2nd Th 9:00-11:00 & 3rd + 4th Th 5:00-6:00
Emmanuel Lutheran Church	127 E. High St., Woodstock	5/27-8/8	W, Th, Fri 9:00-12:00
Feeding Greene	81 Main St., Stanardsville	5/24-8/9	Tu, Th, Sa 9:00-12:00 & Wed 4:00-6:00
Fluvanna Public Library	214 Commons Blvd., Palmyra	5/31-8/9	Fri 9:00-5:00
Millboro Elementary School	411 Church St., Millboro	6/3-8/7	Tu 12:30-5:30
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church**	3055 Fairview Rd., Woodstock	5/27-8/8	Th 4:00-6:00
Moving Mountains Academy of Learning	300 First St., Shenandoah	6/9-8/22	M-F, 9:00-9:30 & 12:00-12:30
Nelson Memorial Library**	8521 Thomas Nelson Hwy., Lovingston	5/28-8/6	Wed 10:30-1:00
Plains Boys and Girls Club	225 American Legion Way, Timberville	6/16-8/8	M-F, 11:30-12:00 & 3:30-4:30
Rappahannock Library**	4 Library Rd., Washington, VA	6/4-8/13	Wed 10:00-8:00
River Bend Elementary Boys and Girls Club	14556 Rockingham Pike, Elkton	6/16-8/8	M-F, 12-12:30 & 3:30-4:30
Simms Center Boys and Girls Club	620 Simms Ave, Harrisonburg	6/16-8/8	M-F, 11:00-1:00 & 2:30-3:30
Sons and Daughters Academy	240 Shenandoah St., Woodstock	5/27-8/15	M-F, 8:30-8:50 & 11:00-12:00
South River Boys and Girls Club	2101 Elm Ave, Grottoes	6/16-8/8	M-F, 12:00-12:30 & 3:00-3:30
St. Jacob Lutheran Church**	15226 Senedo Rd., Edinburg	5/27-8/8	Sat 9:30-10:30
Staunton Boys and Girls Club	1114 W. Johnson St., Staunton	6/2-7/25	M-F, 12:15-1:00 & 3:15-3:45
Trinity Presbyterian Church	3101 Fontaine Ave Ext, Charlottesville	6/9-7/17	M-Th, 8:00-8:30 & 12:00-12:30
Valley Pike Early Learning Center	3445 Lee Hwy, Suite 4, Weyers Cave	5/22-8/6	M-F, 9:00-9:30 & 11:30-12:30
Waynesboro Boys and Girls Club	302 E. Main St., Waynesboro	6/2-7/25	M-F, 12:15-1:00 & 3:15-3:45
Zion Lutheran Church**	321 Headquarters Rd., Edinburg	5/27-8/8	Wed 6:00-7:30

**Meals To-Go, rural non-congregate meal sites. Meal kits will be distributed between 5/22/2025 and 8/9/2025 on a first-come, first-served basis, and will include five (5) breakfasts and five (5) suppers per meal kit.

For more details about SFSP, visit the Food Bank’s website at http://www.brafb.org/summerfoodserviceprogram.

Families who need food assistance can access the Food Bank’s “Food Finder” tool to locate local food pantries. Go to www.brafb.org/FoodFinder

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
   2. fax:
   (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
   3.         email:
   program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Families who need food assistance can access the Food Bank’s Food Finder tool to locate local food pantries.

You can find the USDA nondiscrimination statement here.