***Our partners at COTA have offered to provide free bus rides to all students who need to get to a grab-and-go feeding site in the Columbus Metropolitan Area. Children under 48 inches tall always ride COTA at no charge, but during this challenging time, children taller than 48 inches who need to access a meal at these school food locations can make COTA operator aware they need a ride for no charge as well.

• Columbus City Schools  is distributing free breakfast and lunch to children ages 18 and under at 14 feeding sites, including children who do not attend Columbus City Schools.
  • On Thursday, March 26, Mid-Ohio Kitchens is partnering with Columbus Public Schools and Columbus Parks & Rec to host a produce market at Columbus Global Academy. While children pick up their grab-and-go meals from the school, families can receive bag(s) of produce to take home from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 

• Bexley City Schools has breakfast and lunch meals available for pick-up at 4 sites in the city of Bexley twice per week from 12-1 p.m. for students that normally receive free or reduced-priced meals.

• Canal Winchester Local Schools is distributing free breakfast and lunch to Canal Winchester students from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at Canal Winchester High School, Indian Trail Elementary, and 23 other satellite sites by school bus.

• Dublin City Schools has grab-and-go breakfast and lunch available to any student in need from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday through Friday, at Dublin Scioto High School and Riverside Elementary School.

• Grandview Heights Schools is offering grab-and-go breakfast from 8-8:15 a.m. and lunch from 11-11:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, at Edison Intermediate/Larson Middle School the week of March 17-20, 2020 and the week of March 30-April 3, 2020.

• Groveport Madison Schools food services department is providing bagged meals of both breakfast and lunch items from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 6 school sites. These meals are open to any child under age 18, even if they do not attend Groveport Madison Schools.

• Hamilton Local Schools is offering free lunches in a drive-up delivery to students who sign up for the service.

• Hilliard City Schools is offering grab-and-go bagged lunches at all school buildings between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on weekdays. In addition, students can pick up their lunches from a number of delivery sites: Hilliard Village Apartments, Pine Crossing Apartments, Wilson Court Apartments, Bayside & Countryview Apartments, Hilliard Station Apartments, Hilliard Park Apartments, Country Ridge Apartments, and Cabot Cove/Gable West Apartments.

• Gahanna-Jefferson City Schools is hosting grab and go lunch events for pick-up at 5 feeding sites on March 18, March 23, and March 30, where they will supply their students with up to 5 days worth of lunches.

• New Albany-Plain Local Schools has partnered with the New Albany Food Pantry, Healthy New Albany, and New Albany Neighborhood Bridges to provide food for identified students and families at no cost.

• Reynoldsburg City Schools is offering students grab-and-go breakfast from 8-10 a.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at 3 school sites for the week of March 17-20, 2020 and the week of March 30-April 3, 2020.

• South-Western City Schools is distributing grab-and-go style breakfast and lunch at 21 feeding sites beginning March 23, Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

• Upper Arlington City Schools provides boxed lunches (complete with a breakfast for the next day) to any school-aged child in need at five elementary schools on weekdays starting March 24, 2020.

• Westerville City Schools is sending 16 buses and 2 vans to make a total of 75 stops around the district to deliver food to children who are 18 years of age and younger. Each of these stops will be for a designated window of time, with all stops being completed between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

• Whitehall City Schools provides a grab-and-go lunch for all Whitehall students from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday through Friday, at Whitehall Yearling High School.

• Worthington Schools Food Service is providing breakfast and lunch pick-up on weekdays between 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Thomas Worthington High School, Worthington Kilbourne High School, and Slate Hill Elementary School.

• Bellaire Local Schools is serving lunches to qualifying students on Monday, March 23, 2020. Lunches will be distributed at the Bellaire High School gymnasium foyer on weekdays from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. as supplies last.

• Martins Ferry City Schools is delivering meals that can be picked up by students between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. at the following locations: the E.M.S. Office, the Alerts Engine Company, the St. Myers Community Room, and the Dollar General in Colerain.

• St. Clairsville-Richland City Schools is offering breakfast and lunch to students who participate in free and reduced lunch. If your student(s) participates in Free & Reduced Lunch and you would like to be placed on the pick-up list, please call 740.699.2256.

• Bridgeport Public Schools provides breakfast from 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 20 local feeding sites during school closures. Bridgeport advises that children under the age of 10 should be accompanied by an adult for meal pick-up.

• Union Local Schools will continue to provide backpacks to families who regularly receive them. In addition, Real Life Church and the Belmont/Bethesda Ministerial Association is delivering daily hot lunches for students in need. To sign up for these hot lunches, call 740-310-4991.

• Coshocton City Schools has breakfast and lunch available for curbside pick-up each weekday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Coshocton Elementary School. In addition, there will be six other Coshocton sites that will be offering free meals to students each day.

• Ridgewood Local Schools is providing free student meals every weekday at Ridgewood Middle School that will serve as curbside service from 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and will also deliver meals along afternoon bus routes. These meals are open to any child under 18 years of age from any district.

• River View Local Schools is combining efforts with their existing “Blessings in a Backpack Program” to continue providing meals to students. Parents who would like to sign up their student can contact River View’s Food Service Director at 740-824-4286 or 740-294-8245.

• Big Walnut Local Schools is providing breakfast and lunch to students in the free and reduced lunch program during the weeks of March 17-March 20, 2020 and March 30-April 3, 2020.

• Buckeye Valley Local Schools is offering drive-through services at Buckeye Valley Middle School, Buckeye Valley East Elementary, and Buckeye Valley West Elementary Buildings during the hours of 4-6 p.m. Families can visit these locations to pick up lunch and breakfast items (up to 4 days worth) for their students.

• Delaware City Schools is providing grab and go breakfast and lunch via curbside pickup from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at each elementary school and Willis Education Center on weekdays, as well as delivery to outlying neighborhoods via school bus drops. Meals are available to any child or adult.

• Olentangy Local Schools is distributing grab-and-go breakfast and lunch meals to students ages 18 and under on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and from six sites. On Mondays, students receive two breakfasts and two lunches, and on Wednesdays students receive three breakfasts and three lunches.

• Amanda-Clearcreek Local Schools is providing free grab-and-go breakfast and lunches for their students from 8-9 a.m., and lunch will be available for pick up from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the 3-12 building. There are also meal delivery options.

• Berne Union Local Schools is providing meals for their students in the free and reduced lunch program in a drive-thru format in the parking lot of the school from 10-11 a.m. and 5-6 p.m. each Wednesday beginning Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Students will receive a bag containing 5 days worth of meal items, as well as one bag containing items for the whole family.

• Bloom-Carroll Local Schools is providing meals to qualifying students on free and reduced lunch — contact the Director of Food Service at 614-834-6751 to arrange for curbside pick-up.

• Fairfield Union Local Schools is providing up to 5 days of breakfast and lunch supplies for students every Sunday from 12-2 p.m. at 4 sites. Students can reserve a bag by calling 740-240-2068.

• Lancaster City Schools has sack lunches available via drive-thru with breakfast items included for the next morning. Pick-up takes place between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. at 7 sites, with delivery options also available if necessary. Any child 18 years of age or younger can receive these meals. 

• Pickerington Local Schools is offering bagged breakfast and lunch (in one bag) between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on weekdays at Tussing Elementary School, Harmon Middle School, and Ridgeview Junior High School during the weeks of March 16-March 20, 2020 and March 30-April 3, 2020. Meals can be provided for anyone through the age of 18, free of charge.

• Miami Trace Local Schools distributes breakfast and lunch meals to students on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7 feeding sites at varying times.

• East Guernsey Local Schools offers a drive-thru pick-up at the Campus MS Loop and the Quaker City Firehouse that provides five days worth of meals every Monday from 10 a.m.- 12 p.m., starting March 23, 2020. Other arrangements can be made for students unable to access these pick-up meals by contacting East Guernsey Local Schools by email or social media.

• Harrison City Schools offers breakfast and lunch distribution to their students starting Friday, March 20th, then Monday, March 23rd and every Monday thereafter at 5 feeding sites from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. To prepare appropriate amounts of meals for the first pickup, please call 740-942-7797 to provide students’ names and your preferred pick-up location. Parents may continue to sign-up anytime for future grab and go student meals.

• Buckeye Local Schools are considering offering food service at no cost to interested families beginning the week of March 30th if there is enough interest. If you would like to participate in this free program, please complete the survey here. Additionally, Feeding Medina County is extending its community food distribution program to include every Thursday for the next three weeks in the Medina County Fairgrounds parking lot at 7:30 a.m. Open to all Buckeye residents.

• Edison Local Schools is distributing grab-and-go breakfast and lunch to their students on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. while schools are closed at 10 feeding sites.

• Indian Creek Local Schools  is offering meals to students at Indian Creek High School, Indian Creek Middle School, and at the Two Ridge Apartments (grab and go). Food will be available for pickup to any child under the age of 18, regardless of the school they are registered to attend.

• Steubenville City Schools is serving grab-and-go breakfast and lunch to all students from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in the high school cafeteria on weekdays during school closure.

• Toronto City Schools offers grab-and-go breakfasts and lunches from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Toronto High School, Whispering Hills parking lot, and the Presbyterian Church parking lot on weekdays during school closure.

• Centerburg Local Schools offers free/reduced lunch meals, delivered to eligible students upon request. If your student attends Centerburg Local Schools, call directly at 740-625-6346.

• Danville Local Schools delivers breakfast and lunch meals to their students by bus via regular bus routes upon request. Deliveries will begin at approximately 11:15 am on March 23, 2020 and continue each weekday following.  There is also an option to pick up meals at the bus loop at the elementary building at 11:30 am daily.

• East Knox Local Schools is offering breakfast and lunch meals to their students upon request.

• Fredericktown Local Schools is serving a grab and go breakfast/lunch combo for their students in the high school parent loop behind the high school. There will be one food distribution for the entire week, each Monday, taking place between the hours of 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. The menus for the next two weeks will be available soon on the district website.

• Mount Vernon City Schools is handing out breakfast and lunch meals to their students from school buses parked at 9 locations throughout the district from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Other options are available for students that live outside a 1-mile radius of the schools.
  

• Madison-Plains Local Schools is partnering with Mt. Sterling Community Center who will be providing bagged lunches, and with Sufficient Grade who will be delivering food boxes to students’ families.

• Johnathon Alder Local Schools is serving free grab-and-go meals (lunch and breakfast for the next day) to any student who attends their district from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on March 18, 19, and 20, as well as the week of March 30-April 3, 2020. Pick-up locations will be in the parking lots of Plain City Elementary and Monroe Elementary.

• West Jefferson Local Schools is serving grab-and-go lunch and breakfast from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. on March 19, March 30, April 1, and April 2. These meals are Free of charge and available to All students K-12 who attend Jefferson Local Schools. Students need to bring the student IDs or Pin numbers that they use during lunch time to pick up meals. Pick-up locations will be at the High School student parking lot and Norwood where students are picked up.

• Elgin Local Schools is delivering meals via current bus routes to ALL Elgin students that fill out the online form.  Buses will arrive between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on weekdays.

• Marion City Schools is providing breakfast and lunch for their students at multiple district sites according to this bus route schedule.

• Pleasant Local Schools is delivering meals to regular school bus stops between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Friday, with the exception of Spring Break. Meals will include a lunch and a breakfast for the next morning.

• Ridgedale Local Schools is delivering meals during morning bus routes to their students/families that have requested this service. It is not to late to join in on the meal delivery, in order to be added either call your bus driver or call the administration office and leave your child(ren)’s name, address and a contact number so that Ridgedale may confirm delivery.

• River Valley Local Schools is delivering lunch and breakfast for the next morning to their students via school bus stops between the hours of 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday through Friday, with the exception of Spring Break. Parents/Guardians who wants to pick up a meal for their child(ren) may stop by any of our four schools (HS/MS will be combined into one) between 11 am. and 1 p.m. on weekdays. Pick-up locations are open to any child in need, even those who do not attend River Valley. 

• Switzerland of Ohio Local Schools is delivering meals for pick-up at 14 drop-off points every Monday and Thursday until school resumes.

• Cardington-Lincoln Local Schools is providing lunch and a snack for ALL children ages 1-18, even those who attend school outside the district (including all High School students regardless of age) at the ​Cardington-Lincoln High School cafeteria. Meals are also being delivered to households inside the District by school bus for students who attend Cardington-Lincoln Local Schools.

• East Muskingum Local Schools is providing grab-and-go meal bags for their students on Wednesday, March 18, and will continue on a date TBD. The bags contain breakfast and lunch for three days. Meals are distributed in a drive-up manner in the front of John Glenn High School from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. while supplies last.

• Franklin Local Schools is providing 5 breakfast and 5 lunch meals each Monday for children ages 1-18 in the Franklin Local School District following bus routes and delivering meals to houses and open enrollment stops. For walkers and large pick-up sites, a box truck arrives at Parkview Arms Apartments and Roseville Elementary School around 11:30 a.m., then travels to Village Green Apartments and Franklin Local Community School around 12 p.m.  The school van will be at Duncan Falls Elementary School at 11:15 a.m., then at Philo Junior High School around 11:45 a.m.

• Maysville Local Schools is running routes to deliver grab and go bags containing multiple days worth of food for students at the bus stops. The bus runs will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays, beginning at 11:30 a.m. and finishing around 1:15 p.m.

• Tri-Valley Local Schools offers grab-and-go breakfast and lunch items available for their students at the Municipal Building in Dresden Monday, March 16 through 7:00 p.m. and Tuesday, March 17 from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. as supplies last.  Lunches can also be picked up at the Club View Apartments, Vista View Apartments or the Car Wash beside Bills BBQ in Nashport from 11:30-11:45 a.m. each day during school closure.

• West Muskingum Local Schools is offering grab and go meals on Wednesday, March 18 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. in the high school parking lot. These bagged meals cover lunch and breakfast for March 18, 19 and 20. Bags can be reserved by registering here or calling the district office at 740-455-4052.

• Zanesville City Schools distributes a weekly food allocation for pick-up consisting of primarily shelf-stable breakfast and lunch meals to their students each Monday. Meals are distributed in a drive-up manner at Zanesville Middle School, Zane Grey Intermediate, and National Road Intermediate from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Students who walk are not excluded from participating, but the drive-up method is preferable for the health and safety of all.

• Caldwell Exempted Village Schools is providing a week’s worth of breakfasts and lunches each Wednesday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the elementary school. In order for the schools to prepare enough food, they recommend calling the district office at 740-732-5637, between 8-10 a.m., to pre-order your food.

• Noble Local Schools has grab-and-go lunches available from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. every weekday via drive-thru pick-up at 6 feeding sites throughout the district for ALL students.

• Circleville City Schools provides grab-and-go lunches at Pickaway-Ross Career and Technology Center-Circleville Campus from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. starting Monday, March 16th. The program is open to any child ages 3-19, even those who do not attend Circleville City Schools.

• Logan Elm Local Schools has food resources available for pick-up. If families are unable to pick up food, staff is available to make deliveries. Please call any building for more information on food pick-up or delivery.

• Teays Valley Local Schools is offering bagged meals consisting of both lunch and breakfast items at three school sites from 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at no cost. Students will be receiving two days of meals for each day of the program. Please be prepared to provide the student’s name and/or student ID number for each child receiving meals.

• Westfall Local Schools partnered with Westfall CARES to create care packages with three weeks’ worth of food that have been made available to students and their families by either pick-up or delivery.

• Adena Local Schools is providing one week’s worth of shelf-stable breakfast and lunch for each individual who has been registered. If you have not signed up and need to do so, please call the school office at 740-998-4633 Option 7, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

• Chillicothe City Schools is providing meals to students who sign up for the service.

• Huntington Local Schools is providing 5 days worth of breakfast and lunch to our students upon request during the mandated school closure. Pickup locations are Huntington Schools, Bethesda Church, Beulah Chapel Church, Mt. Tabor Church Fellowship Center, or Pleasant Valley Church from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on March 20th, March 26th and April 2nd. Parents can request meals for their students by filling out an online form or by calling the District Office at 740-663-5892.

• Southeastern Local Schools is providing free breakfast and lunch for all students starting Thursday, March 19, 2020, as a grab-and-go option in the Miami View cafeteria from 8:30-9:30 a.m. on weekdays.

• Union-Scioto Local Schools is providing grab-and-go meals on Tuesdays & Thursdays until further notice

• Fairbanks Local Schools is offering meals to students for pick up on March 18th, March 20th, March 30th, April 1st and April 3rd from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Please drive to the back of the elementary school for food pick up; there are directional signs posted. For students unable to pick up food, please call the district office at (937) 349-3731 ext 1200 to make alternative arrangements.

• Marysville Exempted Village Schools is providing free grab-and-go lunch and breakfast for all students age 18 and under at 6 sites.  Meal service runs from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. during the weeks of March 17-20, 2020 and March 30-April 3, 2020. There are delivery options for students who do not have transportation to the meal sites.

• North Union Local Schools is providing grab-and-go meals to all students March 16-19 and March 30-April 3 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Depending on the day, both pick-up and home delivery may be available.