Division of Food and Nutrition Services MCPSmd

☀️ School may be out (on Thursday), but summer nutrition is in full swing!

Another food program for students this summer— Maryland SUN Bucks is back for Summer 2026, providing eligible children with $40 per month in June, July, and August—a total of $120 per child to help families purchase groceries throughout the summer.

SUN Bucks works hand in hand with our FREE Summer Meals Program, giving families even more ways to keep children nourished while school is out. 🍎🥪

Check your mail for an eligibility letter, and if you think your child may qualify but haven’t received one, scan the QR code on the flyer to learn more about eligibility and the application process.

☀️ Summer Meals are coming soon, MCPS!🍎🥪

Join us this summer for nutritious meals available at no cost across 100 eligible sites in Montgomery County.

Children 18 years old or under, and those above 18 with a disability, may come to any of the open summer meals locations for a nutritious meal. Click the links in our bio for our MCPS Summer Meals page, as well as our list of open sites.

Help us spread the word so every child has access to nutritious meals while school is out. 💙

June 4th commemorates 80 years of school meals! 🥳 Signed in 1946 by President Truman, the National School Lunch Act was a landmark investment in child nutrition and success. For eight decades, the National School Lunch Program has helped ensure millions of students have access to nutritious meals that fuel learning, growth, and well-being. A special shoutout to the dedicated school nutrition professionals across MCPS, whose daily commitment helps make this mission a reality for our students and families.

Our tasting with the SMOB Advisory Council last night at WJ was a mix of emotions— excitement for what’s to come, proud of where we are (and proud of some pretty awesome middle schoolers putting a report together on DFNS balancing rising food costs), and bittersweet as it would be the last event with this year. Student leaders tried a new concept by Chef Rob and gave valuable insight to bolstering student satisfaction. Hats off to Anuva for the wonderful event + looking forward to working with .it next year!

Honored and grateful to be named as an MCPS Spring 2026 “Unreasonable Hospitality” recipient at today’s Administrators & Supervisors meeting by ! This recognition reflects the heart, care, and commitment our DFNS team brings every day in serving our students, families, and communities. 🍎🥬💙💚. Proud of our work — and even more excited to keep raising the bar!

Our DFNS team was all smiles at MCPS’ 1st Annual 5K Superintendent Shuffle this weekend. What a great way to raise funds to reduce student meal debt across the county. Incredibly grateful to our team, MCPS, and the Education Foundation for helping our community . Starting your stretches 🙆‍♂️ 🙆‍♀️ and gear up for round 2 next year!

That’s a wrap, February! We started this month with snow and emergency feeding sites, followed by a successful Taste of MCPS where we hosted over 150 students across 10 schools, and ended the month with our new, local + sustainable Chesapeake Blue Catfish for all students. Can’t wait to see what March has in store (hint: it’s National School Breakfast Week beginning Monday!).