We provide food assistance during crisis events and support 198 centralized food banks all across the US. Those banks feed thousands of smaller local banks, food pantries, mobile pantries reaching underserved communities, and community programs resulting in hundreds of millions of meals each year as:
Food Bank Support
Supporting local food programs as a project in a culinary group was how we started before growing into the One Hundred Meals you see today, as of June, 2023. Now our larger focus of supporting food banks as an umbrella nationally creates the best potential for our resources to help all the programs in the slides above and more, all at once, everywhere. The food banks arguably need the help now more than ever in the face of continually growing demand, more frequent natural disasters, and federal program cuts.
Crisis Support
Hurricanes, wildfires, tornados, earthquakes and more can interfere with the local food supply chain and leave people displaced long term. Sometimes our part is as simple as adding resources to local pantries or larger organizations that are already on the ground and support their efforts. When that isn’t enough, we reach out to coordinate our own people for additional deliveries and support. Project Milton below is a continuing example. The bulk of the crisis is over and so is most visible support, but the devastation isn’t over for thousands even today. We’re still helping people one by one.
Advocacy
We’re all fighting to reverse SNAP reductions and restart programs like the Local Food for Schools Program that have already been cut in full. Every hunger related organization will ask you to sign petitions, and we will too. But beyond that, as a membership organization we are not our own voice with many supporters; we are the one voice of our full membership together, which we use to our advantage when approaching local legislatures and national representatives alike. There is both power and expedience in being able to say “all these people in our membership stand up for this.”
We're A Little Different
One Hundred Meals is a fraternal membership organization. Our members share the common bond of wanting to address this nation’s hunger problem together as a community, not only as donors. Of course we love when members give meals, but we really love building an unrivaled membership to mobilize for support when needed, and to support our members’ efforts in return.
Community works both ways. We tell you what we need. You tell us when you’re hosting an event to fight hunger, or would like to. We’ll assist you however we can then tell our members and help make it a success. Tell us when there’s important news in your area we’ve missed so we can rally the troops. We’re big enough to create change, and small enough to be that involved.
Together we fill in some of the gaps created by the overwhelming demand on larger organizations and more nimbly deal with smaller projects that might not otherwise get the attention they need to succeed. The ripples from those can wash as much sand onto the shore together as the biggest wave alone.
Other Ways To Help
Joining us is the best way to show your support and ensures we can keep you up to date on everything we’re doing. If you’re not ready, these projects are open to members and nonmembers alike.
Project Milton
Hurricane Milton is a distant memory to most, but it’s not over for everyone. Thousands remain displaced in Florida alone, increasing demand for food assistance and straining resources.
Community Shop
Government program cuts have made things even tougher for hunger support efforts nationwide. We’re making up some of the difference with fun ways to express yourself.
Texas Flooding
Texas braces for more rain and devastation in the wake of the Guadalupe River rising 26 feet in just 45 minutes, with 82 dead including 28 children, dozens still missing, and untold property damage from flooding across 6 counties. People are in desperate need right now with numbers likely to grow. Volunteers are on the ground today with free food for the affected and we’re supporting partnering food banks serving those counties to help handle the long term effects.
Hunger's Faces
Children
Over 9 million people living with food insecurity are children, over 12% of all US children.
Seniors
Over 5.5 million people living with food insecurity are senior citizens, over 7% of all US seniors.
Asian Americans
6% of Asian Americans and 19% of Pacific Islanders live in food insecure households.
African Americans
20% of African Americans and 22% of African American children live in food insecure households.
Latino Americans
16% of Latino Americans and 18.5% of Latino American children live in food insecure households.
Native Americans
At least 20% of Native Americans are food insecure, though many estimates are higher.
Rural Americans
63% of US counties are rural, but make up 87% of counties with the highest food insecurity.
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