Events › Free Meal Boxes for Youth

In an effort to combat hunger, The Library is partnering with UMC Food Ministry to bring meals to select Library locations.

Meal boxes will be available for pickup on Mondays from 3-5 p.m. at the following locations while supplies last. Each box will include seven dinner meals and seven snacks. Youth do not need to be present to receive a box. All meals and snacks are shelf stable and ready to eat.

• Downtown Main Library
• Avondale
• Bond Hill
• Corryville
• Covedale
• Elmwood Place
• Groesbeck
• Madisonville
• Mt. Healthy
• North Central
• Northside
• Norwood
• Pleasant Ridge
• Reading
• St. Bernard
• Walnut Hills
• West End
• Westwood

All children ages 1 through 18 are eligible to receive free meals. Individuals ages 19 through 21 who have been identified as having mental or physical disabilities and are following Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) through their current enrollment in educational programs also are eligible for free meals.The UMC meal service is made possible through federal funding, as part of the USDA's Child and Nutrition Programs.

For more information, visit cincinnatilibrary.org/meals