Nurturing Berea’s families through nutrition education programming, food security efforts, and free summer meals.
Free Summer Meals
Berea Kids Eat program provides high-quality, nutritious meals and enrichment opportunities to Berea youth ages 18 and under, primarily during the summer when school is not in session. Since 2016, Berea Kids Eat has served thousands of meals to youth locally.
Nutrition Education Programming
Nutrition education community outreach and programming at Glades Garden in Berea. Glades Garden is a Grow Appalachia stewarded activation space for youth and families to learn hands-on skills focused on growing, cooking, and preserving food. Berea Kids Eat also hosts the summer youth farmers market.
Food Security Efforts
Berea Kids Eat collaborates strategically with national and local partners to support food security and wellness in Berea with regional impact.
2025 Summer Meals Program
We hope you will join us this summer at one of our meal sites! This year we are offering multiple day meals on two mobile routes. We will also be offering parent-pick up for those parents who are not able to bring all of their children with them to a pick-up site. Signs-up along with more information can be found on our Facebook page.
Berea Kids Eat is also hosting hot meals from either a food truck or other local restaurant partner on Wednesdays at our Glades Site from 12-1:30 PM, along with programming. On Fridays, we will be operating a site at the Berea College Farm Store from 1-3PM. We will also be operating at the Levitt Amp Concert Series with First Friday Berea with a local food truck vendor. Dates to come soon!
For more up-to-date information, please follow us via our Facebook page.
