Our mission is to feed the hungry who come to our doors. As a low-barrier community meal service and food bank, we are dedicated to serving anyone who comes in need of food — for both the body and the soul. At the heart of our organization is our desire to nourish those most in need, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion and age, cultural background and life experiences. Embracing this diversity only enhances our organizational culture and creates an empowerment that helps foster good health and social well-being.

We start our day at 9 am when several volunteers arrive in the morning to our community kitchen in order to prepare bagged meals and start cooking the main meal for the day. We also have baking crews that come in throughout the week to prepare deserts the guests.

We have built a reputation as having homemade nutritious meals and the warmest welcome and atmosphere of all the free meal providers in the city. The bagged meals contain a sandwich and a snack each. Bagged meals are there for people who do not wish to come in and sit. We also run two food bank locations that help serve the needs of Sandy Hill residents. In the gardening months, we use herbs and vegetables from our community garden to help supplement our food costs. Guests and volunteers tend the garden and use it as a place to enjoy each other’s company before and after the dinner service.