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Alright, comrades. Homelessness and food insecurity are hella on the rise in America. Similar to my guns effort post, I have compiled a state-by-state resource for food banks, food pantries, homeless shelters, and soup kitchens. Please consider donating or volunteering at places within your own communities or surrounding communities. Now is the time to get some praxis in if you're able to.

Each state's FoodPantries.org, FreeFood.org, Homeless Shelter Directory, and Emergency Food Programs Directory links will provide a comprehensive list of each city's respective resources along with website links, hours, how to get involved, so on and so forth. Included are also links to each state's Feeding America page, which should show a list of food banks across your state. They should provide information on food drives, volunteering, and donating.

If you are searching for food banks please note that food banks are distribution hubs. They supply the food to the soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, etc. They in turn provide that food to the individuals that need it. Food banks do not directly serve individuals in need.

General
As they do not have websites setup for individual locations, please see the locations page of Food Not Bombs to find a location near you. Some of the information on this site may be a bit outdated, so poke around and double check. - Thanks @enki for the suggestion!

Alabama - Maine

Alabama

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org

Alabama Food Bank Assocation


Alaska

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org

Food Bank of Alaska


Arizona

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org

Arizona Food Bank Network


Arkansas

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


California

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org

California Association of Food Banks - Directory of food banks across California


Colorado

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Connecticut

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Delaware

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Florida

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Georgia

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Hawaii

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Idaho

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Illinois

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Indiana

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org

Emergency Food Resource Network

Food Banks

Kids BackPack


Iowa

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Kansas

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Kentucky

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Louisiana

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


Maine

FoodPantries.org

Feeding America

Homeless Shelter Directory

Emergency Food Programs Directory

FreeFood.org


  • enki [he/him,they/them]
    ·
    4 years ago

    This is a great resource! For DC I wanted to recommend the DC food not bombs chapter. I can definitely vouch for them being very active and a great group of people, at least as of a couple years ago (I had to move away from DC). They don't have a website, but here's the Food not Bombs map http://foodnotbombs.net/info/locations/.

    • TransComrade69
      hexagon
      ·
      4 years ago

      Thanks for the suggestion! Since they don't have individual pages for each state, I ended up slapping the link in the body of the post under "General"! :)

      • enki [he/him,they/them]
        ·
        4 years ago

        No problem, thats great! I'd put a disclaimer though because I know some of the info on the map is out of date, and some of those chapters might be either dead or not that active. Also its horizontal organizing so each chapter is their own entity, just using the same name. DC was a really good group though and very welcoming, and the info on that map should be accurate, I can't vouch for every single food not bombs group though.

        • TransComrade69
          hexagon
          ·
          4 years ago

          Added a little bit to the end, lol.