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DCSD Nutrition Services Provides FREE Summer Meals for All Kids

By Beth Marketos, MacKID Englewood-Greenwood Village-Centennial Publisher, MacKID Highlands Ranch-Parker-Castle Rock-Lone Tree Co-Manager, MacKID Denver and MacKID Lakewood-Littleton Assistant Publisher May 14, 2026

Douglas County School District's Nutrition Services provides free meals all summer for ages 18 and under. 

Meals are served Monday through Friday from May 27 through August 8, 2025 (no service on Thursday, June 19, or Friday, July 4). Children must be present, and meals must be consumed on-site.

LOCATIONS

For daily menu items and location updates please follow Nutrition Services - DCSD on Facebook! 

CASTLE PINES

  • Castle Pines Library | 360 Village Square Lane | 12:45pm - 1:15pm

CASTLE ROCK

  • Castle Rock Library | 100 S. Wilcox Street | 10:30am - 11:00am
  • Castle View High School | 5254 N. Meadows Drive | 10:45am - 11:15am (parking lot between football and softball fields)
  • Centennial Park | 22 N. Gilbert Street | 11:30am - 12:00pm
  • The Pines Apartments | 6221 Castlegate Drive West | 11:45am - 12:15pm
  • South Ridge Elementary | 1100 South Street | 12:30pm - 1:00pm 

HIGHLANDS RANCH

  • Acres Green Elementary | 13524 Acres Green Dr | 10:15am - 10:45am
  • Grandview Trail Head | Grand View Trail (off Heywood St and Arrowwood Dr) | 12:45pm - 1:15pm

PARKER

  • Challenger Park | 17299 Lincoln Avenue | 17299 Lincoln Avenue | 11:30am - 12:00pm
  • Inspiration Club | 23392 E Glidden Drive | 12:30pm - 1:00pm
  • O'Brien Park | 10795 Victorian Drive | 11:30am -12:00pm (Closed June 10-12 for Parker Days}
  • Prairie Meadows Park | 9063 Apache Plume Dr | 10:30am -11:00am

High school aged kids eating lunch Image Credit: SDI Productions | Canva


ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE

If your family needs additional food assistance, the list of organizations below can help!