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Find Free Food
We are committed to making food free and accessible.
The Community Food Bank provides food in 12 counties across Central Alabama:
Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Walker, and Winston.
There are two best ways to find a free food distribution that fits your needs:
1.Use theAgency Finder to find a partner near you. Agencies receive food from us to distribute on a regular basis, and they are the easiest way to get connected to resources.
2.Or, view the Distribution Calendars below, for our public distribution times and locations.
- If you have questions, call the CFBCA office at 205-942-8911
- If you have an emergency need, please call 2-1-1 or the toll-free number at (888) 421-1266
How it works:
We partner with over 255 food pantries, churches, and nonprofits across our 12-county service area. We provide those partner agencies with food that they distribute free of charge. Times and days are subject to change, so be sure to call before attending.
The Community Food Bank also hosts a number of free food distributions throughout the month, called Mobile Pantries, and they are listed in the Calendar below.
Tips:
- When going to a Partner Agency, be sure to call before you go. Times and locations may change, and some agencies are By Appointment Only.
- Mobile Pantry distributions provide food to households and are first-come, first-served. If you need food for more than one household, be sure to have one adult present for each household.
Agency Finder Tool
Connect with a Partner Agency in your neighborhood!
We supply each agency with food, then they distribute it to their community.
Put in your zip code or use the map to find a Partner Agency near you.
Every agency is different, so call to verify times, dates, and availability even if it is listed.
Some agencies require an appointment, and food is subject to availability.
Find food at hunger relief agencies throughout Alabama.
If you have an emergency need, please call 2-1-1 or the toll-free number at (888) 421-1266.
If you are hearing-impaired, call 7-1-1and ask to be connected to 2-1-1 Connects Alabama.
Food Distribution Calendars
If you are going to an agency, be sure to call beforehand to verify the time and availability.
- Mobile Pantries are drive-up, free food distributions that include a selection of fresh produce, dry goods, meat, and dairy, hosted and run by Community Food Bank volunteers and staff. Food is while supplies last, so it may be beneficial to arrive early.
- Distributions marked F2F are “Farmers to Families” fresh produce distributions, with local produce sourced from co-ops.
- Agency Distributions are hosted and run by our Partner Agencies.
- Our Partner Agencies receive food from the Community Food Bank and then distribute it free of charge to their communities. Most include fresh produce.
- These distributions are subject to change, so call beforehand to verify the time and availability. More distributions can be found on the Agency Finder! The calendar below is an incomplete selection, though more are being added every day.
Scroll to both calendars in a list format, better on mobile devices.
The Community Food Bank’s Kids Café Summer Meals Program provides healthy lunches and snacks to kids throughout the summer months, ensuring they have consistent access to the nutritious foods they need!
We partner with the USDA and ALSDE, as well as with local YMCA’s, schools, churches, and other kids’ programs to provide meals in low-income areas when school is not in session. We plan to serve over 32,000 lunches and snacks between June 2nd and August 6th, 2021.
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs).
According to the latest estimates, as many as 13 million children in the United States live in "food insecure" homes. That phrase may sound mild, but it means that those households don't have enough food for every family member to lead a healthy life.
The number of children living with hunger had fallen steadily over the past decade, but the coronavirus pandemic dealt a terrible blow to our progress as a nation - one that No Kid Hungry and other organizations will work to reverse during the long recovery ahead.
Poverty and Childhood Hunger
As you might imagine, hunger is a problem that most often affects children from low-income families. A common way we measure poverty is the federal poverty level, a number set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The federal poverty level is the minimum amount of money a family needs each year to afford the necessities of life: food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.
In 2020, the federal poverty level was $26,200 for a family of four. Of course, this number is a minimum. Families making twice that much are still considered low-income by most experts, and many struggle to make ends meet.
How many Americans live in poverty? Over 34 million, or 10.5% of all Americans, according to 2019 data from the U.S. Census Bureau. 12 million of those were children. This number, though shockingly high for a country of such enormous wealth, had fallen in recent years, but the coronavirus pandemic put a huge burden on already-struggling families, and the impact of that is not yet fully known.
For a more comprehensive understanding of food insecurity, we recommend the USDA’s annual report on Household Food Security in the United States.
Federal Food Programs
One of the most effective way to help families and children is through federal nutrition programs.
Some of the nutrition programs you may be familiar with are SNAP, WIC and the national school lunch program. These are critical lifelines for families in need.
No Kid Hungry supports these important programs, though we focus our efforts on other federal programs that we know can make an enormous difference for hungry kids, such as the school breakfast program, the national summer meals program and the afterschool meals program.
School Breakfast
Making breakfast part of the regular school day, just like lunch, has a powerful effect on kids. That’s why we work with educators, political leaders and local nonprofits across the country to change the way schools serve breakfast.
Summer Meals
Millions of kids rely on school for regular meals. But in the summer, those meals disappear. No Kid Hungry is helping community leaders with the funding and know-how they need to start summer meals sites, as well as advocating for needed changes to the national summer meals program.
Currently, the national summer meals programs reaches just 16 percent of the children who need help when school is out of session.
Afterschool Meals
The Afterschool Meals Program, part of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), helps kids get the nutritious meals they need in a safe, supervised location after the school day ends. This program is the newest federal child nutrition program, so No Kid Hungry is working to ensure that more kids, families and teachers know about it and are able to take advantage of it.
SNAP & WIC
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), sometimes known as food stamps, provides low-income families with money to purchase food each month.
What is SNAP and why is it so important?
SNAP is one of the most effective and efficient federal programs, as well as one of the most responsive, providing additional assistance to needy families during economic downturns. It’s also one of the most-needed: 46 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits to buy food each month, according to the USDA. Two-thirds of these benefits go to households with children.
What can you buy with SNAP benefits?
SNAP benefits are used to purchase food, including things like bread, cereal, fruit, vegetable, meat, fish, dairy products and snacks. You can’t use SNAP benefits to purchase alcohol, cigarettes, pet food, paper products and household supplies.
What is WIC and who is it for?
In addition to SNAP, one of the largest and most effective federal nutrition programs is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). WIC benefits are primarily for children under the age of five or women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. WIC serves 53 percent of all infants born in the United States, according to the latest figures from the USDA.
Through WIC, moms can get nutritious foods for their young children, as well as access to important services at WIC clinics, including nutrition education, counseling and referrals to local health and welfare agencies.
Basic Needs
Welcome to the Food Pantry!
The Food Pantry is an emergency food relief supply for all UC Berkeley students (undergraduate and graduate), staff, visiting scholars, student researchers, postdocs, and faculty. We are currently located on the 1st floor of the MLK Student Union, moving back to our previous location in BNorth next year. We are currently open for walk ups only during open hours. If you currently have to quarantine due to COVID-19 and cannot come in person, please see our external delivery request form below open hours.
We offer items such as rice, pasta, milk, cereal, freezer items, and fresh produce!
Students and staff are welcome to come up to once per week, take as much as needed whenever needed while being mindful that it is a shared community resource for emergencies.
The Pantry operates on a self-assessed need basis. There are no eligibility requirements and all you need is your Cal ID or Cal ID # (if you don't have your physical card yet).
