Summer Lunch

Summer Lunch

Lunch is a MUST

Lack of access to food is one of the most pressing issues facing families in need. Through monetary and in-kind donations, MUST is able to provide assistance for this basic human need.

How MUST helps with summer lunch assistance

Logo with a yellow sun and rays above the words MUST Ministries in white. Below, Summer is written in red script and LUNCH in bold blue letters.

Each summer, MUST Ministries partners with local churches, schools, corporations and volunteers to feed thousands of children across metro Atlanta.

  • The MUST Summer Lunch program lasts from June through July each summer.
  • Community members can volunteer to be a driver or rider to deliver lunches, or as a checker/packer to create the lunches.
  • Groups can gather to build Kids’ Kits to give to children in need.
  • Thanks to our sponsors: Atlanta Braves Foundation, Atlanta Communities, Fox 5, LocumTenens, and Publix.
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The impact of the Summer Lunch Program

500,000+
meals served last summer

7,500+
children impacted last year by the program

8 counties
where lunches are served (Bartow, Cobb, Cherokee, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding, Pickens & Gwinnett)

2026
Celebrating 31 years of Summer Lunch

Summer Lunch Drive Thru Locations

1 Kit per child; child must be present at distribution site

TUESDAYS

Green Acres Baptist Church
591 Pat Mell Rd SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
Opens at 11:00

WEDNESDAYS

Bethany UMC
760 Hurt Rd SW, Smyrna, GA 30082
Opens at 11:00

Cumberland
3059 S Cobb Dr SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
Opens at 11:00

McEachern UMC
4075 Macland Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127
Opens at 5:30

THURSDAYS

St. Luke UMC
5115 Brookwood Dr SW, Mableton, GA 30126
Opens at 11:00

Mt Pisgah Baptist Church
851 South Gordon Rd SW, Austell, GA 30168
Opens at 11:00

“Nothing was more meaningful this year than feeding hungry children in my community. What a simple way to make a tremendous impact. Our church helped MUST make sandwiches, pack lunches and take them to children in great need. Their gratitude warmed my heart and I realized there is so much I can do right here in my own community.”

—MUST Volunteer

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Summer Lunch resources

Email for more information: [email protected]

Volunteer to be a driver or packer volunteer

Download instructions for how to make a Summer Lunch kit

Purchase needed items from our Amazon wish list

Summer Lunch Pledge and Donation Form

Click here for 2026 Guidelines for Kids' Kits

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