Hungry Souls
More than 1.7 million children (22.8%) in Texas are food insecure. Hungry Souls partners with Central Texas schools to provide meals for students on weekends and school breaks.
Free Lunch
There are more than six thousand unhoused people living in Austin. Free Lunch ATX cooks and serves nutritious meals to the residents of Camp Esperanza, an emergency shelter in East Austin.
Austin Bicycle Meals
Cyclists deliver more than a thousand meals (and menstrual supplies and socks and hats) per month to unsheltered Austinites Downtown and on the Eastside every Saturday and alternating Wednesdays.
Central Texas Food Bank
Austin is home to ten billionaires and tens of thousands of millionaires, but nearly half a million people in Central Texas can’t afford food. CTFB connects hungry folks with food and SNAP benefits.
Food in Tummies
This effort by the Junior League works with the Del Valle school district to pack backpacks full of food for kids to take home for weekends and school breaks.
ATX Free Fridge
Seven free fridges around the city provide access to food insecure neighbors, stocked by community members who share their extras.
Farmshare Austin
Farmshare connects folks in need with fresh food via mobile markets around Austin. Its education arm, Farmer Starter, provides skills and training to newbie farmers.
Food For All Project
Since 2021, Food for All has been distributing donated and rescued food to folks in Pflugerville on a daily basis, no questions asked, along with other supportive services for families in crisis.
Austin Mutual Aid
In partnership with Carol’s Kindness, Austin Mutual Aid operates a food pantry with rescued and donated food at the Gus Garcia Recreation Center in East Austin.
You
Give of your time and your treasure to help mitigate hunger in Austin. Dedicate a few hours per month to one of these organizations, set up a recurring donation, and buy a little extra at the grocery store to help stock a free fridge or free pantry near you.
This article appears in December 13 • 2024.