Youth & Family Programs
Nutrition plays a crucial role in supporting emotional, physical, and mental well-being for children. Kids rely on essential nutrients to fuel their growth, boost energy levels, and enhance cognitive development. FOOD For Lane County is dedicated to providing Lane County youth with the nourishment they require to thrive in school and in life.
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Summer Food Program
June 23 – August 22, 2025
Monday – Friday
11:30am – 12:30pm
The Summer Food Program is a federally funded program through the USDA that provides free, nutritious meals to youth aged 2 to 18 years old during the summer months. This critical program picks up where school breakfast and lunch programs leave off to help children get nutritious food to eat over the summer. FOOD for Lane County serves free lunches at over 30 sites in parks, community centers, schools, etc.
We invite all children to eat lunch for free during the summer months. Each summer, FFLC serves thousands of lunches and breakfasts to children through the Summer Food Program.
For any site updates please check our social media pages.
Check back soon for the 2025 Menu and Site List!
Want to provide a fun activity at one of our sites? Contact the program manager here.
Want to be apart of our Summer Food Program? Look out for our seasonal job opportunities.
Rural Summer Kids Program
The Rural Summer Kids Program is a new program that is an offshoot of the Summer Food Program.
This new program is designed to provide USDA-approved, lunches to rural youth (2-18yo). FFLC Staff will deliver five days worth of lunches, stopping at designated locations across the community once a week. At each stop, kids will be handed a bag containing their lunches for the week.
Please see the map and flyer for distribution locations and times. Each distribution stop will be 15 minutes.
For any site updates please check our social media pages.
Check back soon for the 2025 Menu and Site List!
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Youth Programs in Schools
Cereal for Youth
The Cereal for Youth program is the result of a partnership between Attune – 8th Avenue Food and Provisions, Glory Bee, Grain Millers and FOOD For Lane County. This collaboration creates a nutritious cereal product distributed by local schools and organizations that serve youth, 18 and younger across Lane County.
Click here to see a list of participating schools and youth serving organizations.(PDF)
Are you a representative of a school or organization and don’t see your agency represented? FFLC is currently able to take on more partners. Talk to your local school or organization to learn how to access the cereal.
Want to learn more? Check out this video. For more information about Cereal for Youth, please email us here.
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Snack Pack
Due to limited resources, FFLC is not taking on more schools.
FFLC’s Snack Pack program provides a gallon sized zip lock bag of snacks intended for elementary school children to eat over the weekend. The foods in our Snack Packs are kid-friendly, shelf-stable, single-serving, and are simple for children to prepare – items such as granola bars, raisins, mac n cheese, and instant oatmeal are included.
If you need to speak with our Youth and Family Programs Manager, please email here.