The Arkansas Foodbank, the largest food bank in Arkansas, will participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Summer Food Service Program this summer by sponsoring five summer feeding sites.

The sites will serve two meals per day -- breakfast and lunch -- from June through August. Breakfast will be served from 8:30 - 10 a.m. and lunch will be served from noon - 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. All meals will be provided without charge.

Participating sites will be:

  • Billy Mitchell Boys and Girls Club, 3107 W. 5th St., Little Rock
  • Thrasher Boys and Girls Club, 3301 S. State St., Little Rock
  • Penick Boys and Girls Club, 1201 Leisure Pl., Little Rock
  • Dalton Whetstone Boys and Girls Club, 46 Harrow Dr, Little Rock
  • Boys and Girls Club, 105 Cox St, Benton -- Will be serving meals June 10 - Aug. 9

Four of the five sites will be open for breakfast and lunch June 17 - Aug. 9.

All of the locations will be open sites, which means that children not enrolled in the Boys and Girls Club may eat breakfast and lunch at the sites without having to be enrolled at the club. If parents would like for their children to become members and participate in activities at the Boys and Girls Clubs, they must request an enrollment application and pay any enrollment fees.

The program is designed to replace free- and reduced-price lunches that the children would normally get at school after school has dismissed for the summer.

For more information about the program, as well as donation and volunteer opportunities, click here.