Free Meals Available To Students, Families through Howard Co. Schools

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Students and their families once again will have access to healthy food during the summer months.

The Howard County Public Schools System will provide free meals to HCPSS students and any children age 18 and under this summer. The program will operate weekdays from June 24 to July 31 - except July 3 - at 11 sites set up across the county.

There are no applications, enrollment or fees to participate in this program; however, children must be present to receive the free meals.

Meals will be served weekdays from June 24 through July 31, except July 3, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the following locations:

• Atholton High School, 6520 Freetown Road, Columbia
• Bollman Bridge Elementary School, 8200 Savage-Guilford Road, Savage
• Deep Run Elementary School, 6925 Old Waterloo Road, Elkridge
• Ducketts Lane Elementary School, 6501 Ducketts Lane, Elkridge
• Hammond High School, 8800 Guilford Road, Columbia
• Laurel Woods Elementary School, 9250 North Laurel Road, Laurel
• Stevens Forest Elementary School, 6045 Stevens Forest Road, Columbia
• Swansfield Elementary School, 5610 Cedar Lane, Columbia
• Wilde Lake Middle School, 10481 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia
• Howard County Library System East Columbia Branch, 6600 Cradlerock Way, Columbia
• Howard County Library System Elkridge Branch, 6540 Washington Blvd, Elkridge

Summer meal menus will be available on the public-facing LINQ Connect website, through the LINQ Connect parent/guardian portal and in the mobile app.

The public LINQ website defaults to display Atholton Elementary. Users will need to select their summer meal site of choice and select the arrows to advance the calendar to an applicable week.