Resource Database
Search below for opportunities to get help, give help, or donate to people in your community.
Kids' Meals, Inc.
Who can get help: Kids under age 6 whose parents make less than $25,000 are eligible.
What: Kids’ Meals delivers free, healthy meals, year-round, Monday-Friday to the homes of hungry children under age 6 who live within our 43 delivery zip codes. We also deliver 1-3 family grocery bags a week as supplies allow.
Round Rock Independent School District
Who can get help: Students of the school district and children who are under the age of 19
What: Starting on March 31, student meal distribution times will transition to once per day with lunch and breakfast for the following day available for pickup at the District’s campus-based meal distribution locations from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Service for the Montelena Apartments location will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and service for the Double Creek Townhomes location will be from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday. Meal distribution will take place by the main office of each location. Beginning Friday, April 3, students will be able to pick up meals from any location for Saturday and Sunday during that day’s meal distribution time. Weekend meals for students will be available for pickup each Friday.
United Way of Greater Houston
Who can give help: Anyone who is able is encouraged to volunteer.
What: United Way of Greater Houston’s agencies and partners are actively recruiting volunteers to meet urgent, basic needs of individuals and families. Please contact the agency directly to talk about volunteering.
Montgomery County Public Schools
Who can get help: All children may come to any location to receive a nutritious meal.
What: Montgomery County schools will offer all children free meals while schools are closed. No appointment is necessary. Meals will be provided in a Grab-and-Go format. Meals will be available Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Los Angeles Unified
Who can get help: Students of the LA Unified school system
What: Los Angeles Unified, in partnership with the Red Cross, will continue to provide nutritious meals to all students who need them during the temporary closure of schools. The 64 Grab & Go Food Centers are staffed weekdays from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Each child can take home two nutritious meals.
Hollywood Food Coalition
Who can get help: Anyone welcome to join on any night with a no questions asked hot meal.
Who can give help: Meal Engagement Program operates with two daily volunteer shifts including a daytime Meal Prep shift to prepare our daily meal and an evening Meal Service shift to serve the meal to clients. "Pickups Artists" procure the valuable food donations that go provide a meal each day and operate on both a standard & as-needed basis
What: The Hollywood Food Coalition provides a warm, nutritious meal along with access to basic daily needs, such as clothing, backpacks, sleeping bags, and hygiene items, as well as assistance with housing placement and referrals. Food served every night from 6.30pm till 8pm.
Phone: (323) 462-2032
Physical Location: 5939 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90028
East St. Louis School District
Who can get help: East St. Louis school district students and their families
What: Grab and go student meals will be provided during school closure. Meals can be picked up by students or their families. Parents/guardians may pick up to 4 meals at a time.
City of Boston
Who can get help: All youth and teens in Boston
What: The City of Boston, in partnership with Project Bread, YMCA of Greater Boston, Boston Centers for Youth and Families, and other community organizations, will provide free meals to all youth and teens at various locations and times across the City.
2-1-1 King County
Who can get help: Everyone can receive help
What: King County 2-1-1 connects people to the help they need. They provide the most comprehensive information on health and human services in King County. Whether it’s for housing assistance, help with financial needs, or to find the location of the nearest food bank.
For help text your zip code to 877-211-9274
SF/Marin Foodbank Locator
Who can get help: Disabled, Elderly, Urgent Situation with no food.
Location: 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone Number: 415-282-1900
Rethink Food NYC
Who can get help: Any families in New York City who are in need of food are eligible for meals. NYC-based Restaurants who are impacted by COVID-19 are eligible for the Restaurant Response Program.
Who can give help: Anyone is eligible to volunteer in their kitchen program or donate to their food program.
What: Rethink Food NYC Inc is a non-profit organization working to recover nutritious excess food to provide low or no-cost meals to New York City families in need. Due to COVID-19, they have increased their services and opportunities to get involved.
Mutual Aid NYC
Who can get help: Anyone in the New York City area who has been impacted by COVID-19 is eligible to request help.
Who can give help: Anyone in the New York City area who is able to help others is encourage to volunteer.
What: Mutual Aid NYC is a network of volunteer New Yorkers organizing to provide aid and support to New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19.
NYC Schools Free Meal Program
Who can get help: All children of New York City, as well as their parents and guardians when present with their children, are eligible for free meals.
What: The New York City Department of Education offers free breakfast, lunch and afters chool meals to all NYC public school students during the school year. Beginning March 23, meals will be distributed at over 400 locations across the city.
God’s Love We Deliver
Who can get help: The resource serves individuals who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves, and their dependent children and senior caregivers. Individuals must be living with a serious illness, have some restrictions in activities of daily living (such as difficulty standing or walking), and be able to get doctor’s verification of these limitations.
Who can give help: Anyone who is interested is encouraged to volunteer.
What: God’s Love We Deliver provides meals to people in New York living with a chronic or life-altering illness, especially those who have trouble cooking and/or shopping.
Encore Community Services
Who can get help: Seniors in New York who live in West Manhattan and are homebound are eligible.
Who can give help: Anyone is eligible to volunteer.
What: Encore Community Services delivers hot and frozen meals to seniors in Manhattan who are unable to leave their homes.
For seniors wanting home delivered meals, call 212-581-2910, and press 3.
For people interested in volunteering, email volunteer@encorecommunityservices.org or call 212 581 2910 ext. 1108.
FoodPantries.org
Who can get help: Anyone is able to access this resource.
What: FoodPantries.org is an online platform that tracks all food pantries in the U.S. to help people in need find one near them.
St. Francis Center – Homelessness
Who can get help: People are unhoused or homeless in Los Angeles are eligible to receive home.
Who can give help: Anyone is able to volunteer.
What: St. Francis Center offers a range of services to support people who are experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, including meals, hygiene services, health care, and resource connection.
Material Aid and Advocacy Program (MAAP)
Who can get help: MAAP provides support to members of the Boston community who are unhoused and/or living in poverty.
Who can give help: Anyone who has material goods that could meet MAAP’s needs are encouraged to donate.
What: MAAP is supporting those who are unhoused through material aid, access to resources, and advocacy. During the COVID-19, they are focused on getting people who are homeless essential goods they need to stay healthy and survive.
Phone: 617.876.5312
Email: churd@maapma.org
YMCA of Greater Houston
Who can get help: This service is for essential personnel, defined as city & county staff responding to the crisis, first responders, medical personnel, food provision & distribution personnel (food bank and grocery stores), and other organizations & businesses providing critical services to the community during the crisis.
What: YMCA of Greater Houston is offering child care services for eligible healthcare and disaster service workers in the Greater Houston Area.