Meet Up, Eat Up in Macomb County

The Department of Education Summer Food Program combats childhood hunger through the Meet Up, Eat Up program. Get details on this program and where to find sites in Macomb County.

Many kids across southeast Michigan depend on school-provided lunch as their only source of a consistent meal — but that resource disappears when summer vacation hits.

The Michigan Department of Education Summer Food Service program is called Meet, Up and Eat Up. It provides hundreds of sites where kids 18 and under can access healthy breakfasts and lunches during the summer break from school in a fun and welcoming environment.

“These programs truly are a blessing for parents as well as the students that get to participate in them,” says Carolyn Thomas, Child Nutrition Consultant at the Macomb Intermediate School District. “Children are provided lean proteins, whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables and milk.

In addition, these sites also offer academic summer school programming, educational programming and community-based activities.

A law was passed by the United State Department of Agriculture that if you are considered a rural area in the state, you are allowed to receive a different service model to the program.

“The reason they’re doing it for rural areas is because the large geographical areas of those districts make it difficult for those communities to physically come use the services,” says Thomas.

The two school districts that are considered to be rural in Macomb County are Armada Area Schools and Romeo School District. Those two locations will allow parents to come pick up the meals ahead of time for the week and take them home to their children.

“No identification is involved for these non-congregate meal services and you do not have to live in the community to take advantage of it,” says Thomas. “They can also pick up meals for other people in their neighborhood.”

The regular Meet Up, Eat Up sites are typically located at schools, places of worship, nonprofit organizations, parks, government sites and more. These sites ask that you eat the meals on site.

Meet Up, Eat Up Sites in Macomb County

There are more than 60 Meet Up, Eat Up sites in Macomb County for families. Here, we have listed those locations so that you can find a site near you if ever your family is in need.

Armada

Armada Middle School

Pick up meal bags (5 breakfasts and 5 lunches) 8:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, June 12, 19, 26; July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2024.

Center Line

Peck Elementary 

  • Address: 26201 Lorraine Ave., Center Line

Breakfast is available 8-9 a.m. and lunch is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 15, 2024. 

Chesterfield

Carkenord Elementary  

  • Address: 27100 24 Mile Road, Chesterfield

Breakfast is 9-9:30 a.m. and lunch is noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 19-Aug. 9, 2024 (closed July 4-5).

Fairchild Lakes Mobile Home 

Lunch is 11-11:20 a.m. Monday-Friday, June 19-Aug. 9, 2024 (closed July 4-5).

Clinton Township

Clintondale High School

Breakfast is 9-10 a.m. and lunch is noon-1 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-Aug. 16, 2024.

Robbie Hall Parker 

Breakfast is 8-9 a.m. and lunch is 11 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 16, 2024.

Salk Elementary

Breakfast is 8-9 a.m. and lunch is at 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 1, 2024 (closed July 1-5).

Eastpointe

Eastpointe High School

Breakfast is 8-9 a.m. and lunch is 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, July 8-Aug. 8, 2024.

Eastpointe Middle School 

Breakfast is 8-9 a.m. and lunch is 10:30 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, July 8-Aug. 8, 2024. 

Koepsell 

Breakfast is 8:30-9 a.m. and lunch is noon-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 15, 2024.

Fraser

Fraser High School 

Breakfast is 8:15-9:15 a.m. and lunch is at 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 1, 2024 (closed July 1-5).

McKinley Park

Lunch is at 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 1, 2024 (closed July 1-5).

Harrison Township

Clinton Manor

Serves lunch only 12:20-12:40 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 19-Aug. 9, 2024 (closed July 4-5).

Graham Elementary

Serves breakfast 9-9:30 a.m. and lunch noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 19-Aug. 9, 2024 (closed July 4-5).

Willow Point

Serves lunch only 11:40 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, June 19-Aug. 9, 2024 (closed July 4-5).

Mount Clemens

Mount Clemens Community School 

Breakfast is served 8:30-9 a.m. and lunch is from 12:30-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 15, 2024.

New Haven

New Haven Elementary

Get breakfast from 8:45-9:30 a.m. and lunch from 12:45-1:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 18, 2024 (closed July 3-4).

Roseville

Dooley Early Childhood Center

Get breakfast from 8-9 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-Aug. 15, 2024 (closed July 3-5).

Fountain Elementary 

Breakfast is served 8-9 a.m. and lunch is served noon-1 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 29-Aug. 9, 2024.

Green Elementary

Breakfast is served 8:30-9:30 a.m. and lunch is served 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 15-Aug. 8, 2024.

Kment Elementary 

Breakfast is served 8:30-9:30 a.m. and lunch is served 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 8, 2024.

Michigan Collegiate Elementary

Breakfast is served 7:45- 8:30 a.m. and lunch is served 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 1, 2024.

Roseville/Eastpointe Recreation Authority 

Breakfast is served 8-9 a.m. and lunch is served 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-Aug. 16, 2024 (closed June 19 and July 1-5).

Roseville High School

Breakfast is served 7:30-8:45 a.m. and lunch is served 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 8, 2024 (closed July 1-5).

Shelby Township

West Utica Elementary

Breakfast is served 8:30-8:45 a.m. and lunch is served noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-July 26, 2024 (closed July 4-5). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

St. Clair Shores

Kennedy Middle School

Find breakfast from 8-9 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 15, 2024 (closed July 4).

Masonic Elementary

Find breakfast from 8-9 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 15, 2024 (closed July 4).

North Lake High School 

Find breakfast from 8-9 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 15, 2024 (closed July 4).

South Lake High School

Breakfast is 8-8:30 a.m. and lunch is noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 15, 2024.

South Lake Middle School 

Breakfast is 8-8:30 a.m. and lunch is noon-12:45 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 15, 2024.

Sterling Heights

Alternative Learning Center

Breakfast is served 8:30-8:45 a.m. and lunch is served noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-July 26, 2024 (closed July 4-5). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Autumn Woods 

Lunch is served 1:15-1:35 p.m. Monday-Thursdays, June 10-July 25, 2024 (closed July 4). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Black Elementary 

Serves lunch 11-11:30 a.m. June 24-26; July 1-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24; July 29, 31; Aug. 1, 2024

Burr Elementary

Breakfast is served 8:30-8:45 a.m. and lunch is served noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-July 26, 2024 (closed July 4-5). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Carleton Middle School 

Serves breakfast 8:30-9 a.m. and lunch 12:15-12:45 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 1, 2024.

Collins Elementary 

Breakfast is served 8:30-8:45 a.m. and lunch is served noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-July 26, 2024 (closed July 4-5). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Dresden Elementary

Breakfast is served 8:30-8:45 a.m. and lunch is served noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-July 26, 2024 (closed July 4-5). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Graebner Elementary 

Breakfast is served 8:45-9 a.m. and lunch is served 12:30-12:145 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 24-Aug. 1, 2024 (closed July 4-5, 25). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Harvey Elementary

Breakfast is served 8:30-8:45 a.m. and lunch is served noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-July 26, 2024 (closed July 4-5). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Harwood Elementary 

Serves lunch 12:15-12:45 p.m. June 26-28; July 5, 10-12, 17-19, 24-26, 31; Aug. 2-3, 2023.

Henry Ford High 

Breakfast is served 8:30-8:45 a.m. and lunch is served noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-July 26, 2024 (closed July 4-5). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Holden Elementary 

Serves breakfast 9:30-10 a.m. and serves lunch 11-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 1, 2024.

Jefferson Elementary

Serves lunch noon-12:30 p.m. June 24-26; July 1-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24; July 29, 31; Aug. 1, 2024.

Oakbrook Elementary

Get breakfast from 8:45-9 a.m. and lunch from 12:30-12:45 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 24-Aug. 1, 2024 (closed July 4-5, 25). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Rudgate Manor 

Lunch is served noon-12:20 p.m. Monday-Thursdays, June 10-July 25, 2024 (closed July 4). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Schuchard Elementary

Breakfast is served 8:45-9 a.m. and lunch is served 12:30-12:45 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 24-Aug. 1, 2024 (closed July 4-5, 25). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Sterling Estates

Lunch is served 12:40-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 10-July 25, 2024 (closed July 4). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Willow Woods Elementary

Breakfast is served 9:30-10 a.m. and lunch is served 12:45-1:15 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 24-27 and July 8-25, 2024.

Utica

Eppler Junior High 

Breakfast is served 8:30-8:45 a.m. and lunch is served noon-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 17-July 26, 2024 (closed July 4-5). The menu available at uticak12.nutrislice.com.

Warren

Austin Dannis Park (Mobile Food Truck Location)

Breakfast is 9-9:35 a.m. and lunch is noon-12:50 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, June 24-Aug. 9, 2024 (closed July 5).

Briarwood Elementary 

Breakfast is served 8-8:30 a.m. and lunch is served 11:30 a.m.-noon Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 1, 2024.

Carlson Elementary 

Breakfast is served 8-9:30 a.m. and lunch is served 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 8, 2024 (closed July 4).

Cousino High School 

Breakfast only is served 7:30-8 a.m. Monday-Friday, June 24-28, 2024 and Monday-Thursday, July 1-Aug. 1, 2024 (closed July 4).

Enterprise High School 

Breakfast is served 9-9:30 a.m. and lunch is served noon-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 1, 2024.

Fitzgerald High School

Breakfast is 8-8:45 a.m. and lunch is noon-1 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 24-Aug. 9, 2024 (closed July 4-5).

Lincoln Middle School 

Breakfast is served 8-9:30 a.m. and lunch is served 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 17-Aug. 8, 2024 (closed July 4).

Michigan Collegiate Middle School/High School

Breakfast is served 7:45- 8:30 a.m. and lunch is served 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 8-Aug. 1, 2024.

Shaw Park (Mobile Food Truck Location)

Breakfast is 8-8:40 a.m. and lunch is 11-11:45 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, June 24-Aug. 9, 2024 (closed July 5).

Steinhauser Park (Mobile Food Truck Location)

Breakfast is 9-9:35 a.m. and lunch is noon-12:50 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, June 25-Aug. 8, 2024 (closed July 4).

Toepfer Park (Mobile Food Truck Location)

Breakfast is 8-8:40 a.m. and lunch is 11-11:45 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, June 25-Aug. 8, 2024 (closed July 4).

Warren Woods Tower High School 

Breakfast is served 8-8:30 a.m. and lunch is served 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 14-June 28, 2024.

Westview Elementary School

Breakfast is 8-8:45 a.m. and lunch is noon-1 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 24-Aug. 9, 2024 (closed July 4-5).

Wilde Elementary

Get breakfast at 9:30-10 a.m. and lunch at 12:45-1:15 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June 17-20; July 8-Aug. 15, 2024. Aug. 15 is breakfast only.

Washington

Romeo 9th Grade Academy

Pick up meal bags (7 breakfasts and 7 lunches) 12:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 3 and Thursdays, June 20, 27; July 11, 18, 25; Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2024.

Romeo High School

Get breakfast from 8:30-9 a.m. and lunch from 11-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday, June 24-July 25, 2024 (closed July 4).

For more information on living and learning in Macomb County, visit Make Macomb Your Home. Find more articles like this at Metro Parent’s A Family Guide to Macomb County.

Kari Zaffarano
Kari Zaffarano
Kari Zaffarano is a mom of one and Metro Parent's Audience Development Coordinator. She tracks down the best events every week and shares the inside scoop with families in print and online. She enjoys reading, traveling and exploring metro Detroit with her son.

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