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- General Guides
- Find a local food bank in your area:
- Find a community fridge in your area:
- Find a Little Free Pantry in your area:
- Find a mutual aid network providing food assistance in your area:
Philadelphia County
- ***Free Thanksgiving Meals, Giveaways, and Potlucks in Philly***
- St. Francis Inn
- 2441 Kensington Ave.
- Philadelphia, PA 19125
- Phone: (215) 423-5845
- The St. Francis Inn in Philadelphia serves meals at different times depending on the day: Monday through Thursday, dinner is from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, a takeaway breakfast is available from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. On Friday through Sunday, lunch is served from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM.
- Sunshine House- Operation Save Our City
- 2774 Kensington Ave Philadelphia, PA 19134
- (267) 804-7166, Operationsaveourcity@gmail.com
- Food Availability:
- Monday-Friday
- 9am Breakfast
- 12pm Lunch
- 3pm Snacks
- Prevention Point Philadelphia
- 2913-15 Kensington Avenue. Philadelphia, PA 19134
- Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP) provides food at its weekly Community Night on Thursdays from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM and Womxn's Night on Wednesdays from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. They also offer a monthly grocery distribution for Kensington residents on a waitlist and provide emergency food through other local resources.
- Weekly food service
- Womxn's Night: Every Wednesday, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM at the main building, 2913-15 Kensington Avenue.
- Community Night: Every Thursday, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the Love Lot next to the main building, 2913-15 Kensington Avenue.
- Grace Café at the Arch Street Methodist Church
- Address: 55 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Phone: (215) 568-6250
- Two main service hours: Monday–Thursday from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. for meal service, and Sundays from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. for to-go meals. The café is closed on holidays.
- Monday–Thursday: 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Sunday: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. for to-go meals
- Holidays: Closed
- Operation In My Backyard (OPIMBY)
- Kensington Ave & Somerset Street, on the side of “The Last Stop” (1810 E Somerset St, Philadelphia, PA 19134)
- Every Tuesday 6pm-8pm, or when items run out
- Outreach includes food distribution- non-perishable and hot food, depending on capacity
- The Everywhere Project
- Two weekly outreach hours: Wednesdays from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM at Love Park (15th and JFK Blvd) and Saturdays from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM in Kensington (near Kensington Avenue). These hours are dedicated to providing harm reduction resources and education to the community. Food is also given out, depending on food donations.
- Wednesday: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM at Love Park (15th and JFK Blvd)
- Saturday: 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM in Kensington (near Kensington Avenue)
- Philabundance
- Provides food to a number of sites throughout the city; use the below map to locate food near you!
- https://www.philabundance.org/find-food-food-map/
- Philly Community Fridges
- Free, 24/7, 365, anonymous food
Bucks County
- https://bcoc.org/food-pantries/
- https://www.buckscounty.gov/1360/Food-Assistance
- https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b915622c258b494f1cf54b1/t/5d3b38c70e7abd0001728ede/1564162247683/FOOD+PANTRIES+in+Central+and+Lower+Bucks+County.pdf
Delaware County
- https://www.delcopa.gov/cosa/food-resources
- https://www.delcohsa.org/pdf/brochures/PantrySites.pdf
- https://delcopa.gov/food-and-nutrition-programs
- https://www.swarthmorepa.org/DocumentCenter/View/1112/DIFAN
Chester County
Franklin County
Lancaster County
York County
Dauphin/Cumberland Counties
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