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FREE MEALS SERVED: Number of meals provided at parks, community centers, school programs, or partner locations
Current Value
122,019
Definition
Why Is This Important?
Too many Portlanders struggle with food insecurity. As of 2025, 31.5% of students in the Portland Public School district qualify for free or reduced price meals. Without meals at school, summer becomes the time when nearly 50,000 Portland children face hunger daily.
What Do The Numbers Show?
PP&R partners with Portland school districts to deliver free meals in parks during the summer, at after school community center programs and within the Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Community Schools program throughout the year. Meals served in FY 2021-22 were unusually high due to temporary increased federal support for two meals a day during the COVID pandemic.
How Did We Arrive at These Numbers?
Portland Parks & Recreation tracks annual meals served at parks, community centers, SUN School programs, and partner sites.
Where Can I Find More Information?
Learn more about Portland Parks & Recreation's meals served in the Healthy Parks, Healthy Portland report.
Learn more about the programs that offer free meals at:
Summer Free for All - Free Lunch + Play | Portland.gov
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