Two students enjoy a free lunch at Henry Ford Elementary on June 26. Dearborn Public Schools is offering free meals for children at several locations during the summer. Meals are available to anyone age 18 or younger even if they are not students in the district.
DEARBORN — Dearborn Public Schools is again offering free meals to children over the summer of 2023.
Free breakfast and lunch will be offered at seven locations. Each building has its own meal schedule based on other activities planned for that building and staff availability.
The meals are free to all children 18 years and younger or anyone 18 or older with a physical or mental disability. Children do not need to be students at the school or even Dearborn Public School students to participate in the program.
The district’s meal schedule is:
• Edsel Ford High, 20601 Rotunda Drive, Dearborn — June 26 to July 20 (no meals June 29 through July 4). Breakfast 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. Lunch 11 a.m. to noon.
• Henry Ford Elementary, 16140 Driscoll. June 26 to Aug. 18 (no meals July 3, 4 and 20. Meals offered July 21.) Breakfast 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. Lunch 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
• Howe School, 22586 Ann Arbor Trail, Dearborn Heights. June 26 to July 27 (no meals July 4). Breakfast 8:45 to 9:30 a.m. Lunch 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Lowrey Elementary, 6601 Jonathon. June 19 to July 6 and July 31 to Aug. 17 (no meals July 4). Breakfast 8:15 to 9 a.m. Lunch 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• McDonald Elementary, 10151 Diversey. July 24 to Aug. 10 (no meals July 4). Breakfast 8:30 to 9 a.m. Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• McCollough-Unis, 7801 Maple. June 19 to June 28 and July 10 to 20 (breakfast only on July 20). Breakfast 8 to 9:30 a.m. Lunch 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• William Ford Elementary, 14749 Alber. June 19 to July 13 (no meals June 23 and 29 and July 4). Breakfast 8:45 to 9:30 a.m. Lunch 11:15 to 12:30 p.m.
Interested families can also find the meals available each day on the Summer Meals 2023 calendar.
Meals are provided through a special provision of the National School Lunch Program that offers all low-income students free meals during the school year. On school days, Dearborn Public Schools is able to offer free lunch and breakfast to almost all students in kindergarten through high school through the lunch program’s Community Eligibility Program.
Dearborn Public Schools did not participate in the summer meal program last year, but did distribute free summer food to students and other children during 2021 and 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, food was distributed in multi-day packets both of those summers. This year, meals are being served on-site at the school.