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Bread for the World is an international organization that works to end hunger and poverty by making our voices and needs heard in Congress. Bread for the World works to build the political will to end hunger.

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Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation's decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. By changing policies, programs and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to persist, we provide help and opportunity far beyond the communities in which we live.

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WaterCan is a Canadian organization with the mission to end poverty by providing communities with clean water, basic sanitation, and hygiene education. WaterCan provides these services to the poor.

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The Hunger Project is a global organization working to end world hunger by developing and fulfilling strategies built upon principles of equality and human dignity.

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The Hunger Project: Empowering People to End Their Own Hunger

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Hunger Project programs throughout Africa, South Asia and Latin America are based on an innovative, holistic approach, which empowers women and men to make sustainable progress in overcoming hunger and poverty.

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Sweerts, Michael. Refreshing the Thirsty. 1646-1649, oil on canvas, RIJKS Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Tens of millions of people are facing hunger in the United States, and the Feeding America organization is working to end hunger by saving food from going to waste and providing nutritious meals to food banks.

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Most laundry detergents contain harsh chemicals that are not good for the environment. When phosphates from detergents enter bodies of water, the water becomes unhealthy. There are now eco-friendly detergents that help the environment, and keep the water sanitary and clean.

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Laundry detergent has contributed to environmental pollution ever since it was first introduced during the early 20th century. For years, detergent makers used chemicals called phosphates to make their products. When the phosphates used in detergents enter local water supplies, they provide nutrients for marine plants, resulting in algae population explosions.

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Loaves and Fishes is an organization that provides hot meals, free of cost, to families with low income or individuals in need of food. Loaves and Fishes works to fulfill the nutritional needs for everyone—children, disabled, families, homeless—that comes in.

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Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen | San Jose Soup Kitchen | Free Meals to Anyone in Need

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Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen | San Jose Soup Kitchen | Free Meals to Anyone in Need

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Soup kitchen located in San Jose, California providing free, hot, nutritious meals across Santa Clara County along with grocery bags and food assistance programs.

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There are many people who do not have access to food. Fortunately, there are many local organizations that provide free meals.

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Begun in 1969, Glide provides meals daily in the dining room, plus special meals around the holidays and a number of other services.

The dining room also hosts two monthly food distribution programs, as well as clothing programs, a medical clinic, and a social work center.

The United Council of Human Services operates Mother Brown's Kitchen, which started as a small mobile food operation 20 years ago. The organization also runs food pantries in Oakdale and Sunnyvale.

Martin de Porres House of Hospitality
225 Potrero Ave. [ map]
San Francisco, CA 94103
Ph: (415) 552-0240
Hours:
Breakfast: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, 5:30am-7:30am (hot tea, bread available at 5:30am; oatmeal served at 6:30am)
Lunch: Tues-Sat, noon-2pm
Brunch: Sun, 9am-10:30am

Meals are served daily, and typically the courtyard and dining room open early to allow people to come in off the street. Showers and hygiene products are available Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

Curry Senior Center is primarily focused on providing a place for low-income seniors to make connections with other people and get the health services they need. Meals are served daily (and bingo is available on Wednesdays and on weekends during lunch hours). Meal delivery to homebound seniors is also offered.

Based out of a church with different services, from a ministry to a health and wellness center, S.F. Rescue Mission provides meals, groceries, and hot food delivery.

East Bay

The largest dining room in Alameda County, St. Vincent's serves a regular midday hot meal.

722 Washington St. [ map]
Oakland, CA 94607
Ph: (510) 452-3758
Hours:
Breakfast: Daily, 7am
Lunch: Daily, noon
Dinner: Daily, 6:30pm

Along with a dining hall in San Francisco and one in San Jose, Cityteam operates a daily dining hall in Oakland. ( Check all the hours before going to the other locations.) Cityteam is a Christian nonprofit providing services to the homeless and impoverished.

Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa County
There are five LFCC-operated dining rooms, and one partner dining room. Check the website for all locations.
Ph: (925) 293-4792
Hours: Mon-Fri, 11am-12:45pm

Based in Martinez, Loaves & Fishes provides daily meals at a half-dozen dining rooms around Contra Costa County. The organization also distributes fresh groceries.

Food Not Bombs
Ph: (510) 644-4187
Hours: Meals served Mon-Fri, 3pm, at People's Park
Thursday, 1:30pm,in Oakland at National Recycling Center
Sunday, 3:30pm, at 14th & Jefferson St. by Sutter Hotel

Cooked at local residents' houses, meals are typically served at the park in Berkeley, or in Oakland on the weekends. Schedule can vary. Call for more info.

North Bay

The dining room in San Rafael is open every day from 6:30am-1pm, during which two meals are served out of the free kitchen and an open pantry is available. The non-profit also has housing services and works with partner shelter organizations.

The dining room serves a hot lunch meal every day of the year. The organization also operates a job training program, food pantry, and thrift store.

The Committee on the Shelterless serves a daily hot lunch at its Petaluma Kitchen, as well as hands out weekly food boxes.

South Bay

The North Peninsula Food Pantry and Dining Center is on the smaller end of homeless dining rooms - serving just about 70 people during dinner in the cafeteria - but it also operates a food pantry in conjunction with Second Harvest.

Cityteam operates a men's shelter in San Jose, along with the dining hall, which provides daily hot dinner.

A Catholic neighborhood community center with educational and wellness programs, the nightly dinner is actually provided through Loaves & Fishes, which no longer operates its own walk-in dining room, but instead cooks and distributes meals to other nonprofits and organizations. (Contact Loaves & Fishes for a full list of potential meal partners.)

Samaritan House
303 Tilton Ave. [ map]
San Mateo, CA 94401
Ph: (650) 341-4081 x.2003
Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am 12pm & 1-4pm
Sat-Sun, 12pm: Lunch to-go

Samaritan House is the largest provider of hot meals and biggest food distributor in San Mateo County. There is also a pantry and after-school food program. While hot meals are provided weeknights in the dining hall, there is also an option to carry-out a meal, if needed.

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Where Homeless People Can Get Free Meals in the Bay Area

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As part of a collaboration with dozens of Bay Area news organizations focusing on issues of homelessness, Bay Area Bites has compiled a list of many of the places, sorted roughly by geography, that provide regular hot and fresh meals to those in need.