Summer Meals For Fairfax County Students Planned At 2 Locations

UPDATE: Additional summer meal locations have been added.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — The Food and Nutrition Services at Fairfax County Public Schools will continue to feed students during summer break with meal kits.

Meal kits will be distributed weekly at two locations from June 14 to Aug. 8. Meal kits will include seven days of breakfast and lunch. Meal kits are free for all FCPS students as well as other Fairfax County children 18 and younger. Free breakfast and lunch will also be available for students during summer school programs.

Locations and times for meal distributions will be:

• Herndon High School (door # 13), 700 Bennett St, Herndon, VA 20170: 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. or until supplies run out
• Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (door #4), 6560 Braddock Rd, Alexandria, VA 22312: 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. or until supplies run out
• Centre Ridge ES (door #2), 14400 New Braddock Rd, Centreville, VA 20121: 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. or until supplies run out
• Lorton Station ES (door #1), 9298 Lewis Chapel Rd, Lorton, VA 22079: 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. or until supplies run out
• Luther Jackson MS (door #1) 3020 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, VA 22042: 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. or until supplies run out
• Mount Vernon Woods ES (door #2) 4015 Fielding St, Alexandria, VA 22309: 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. or until supplies run out

The last day of summer meal distributions will be Aug. 8, which will feature a double week meal kit. The first day of school will be Aug. 22.

If parents or caregivers are picking up meal kits, they should tell staff how many children's meals they need.

Families should also prepare to submit applications for free and reduced price meals in the 2022-2023 school year. The federal government has funded meals for all public students in the last two years, but that will expire at the end of the school year. The application will be available later in the summer, and FCPS asks families to apply before the first day of school (Aug. 22).