Food Help — Pantries & Hot Meals
Groceries to take home, and hot meals you do not have to cook — which matters when the power is out. Everything listed here is free. Pick a category to narrow the list, or enter a ZIP code and it will sort by distance from you.
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93 places listed. Days and hours change without notice — call before you set off.
Children & school meals 2
Meals, snacks and weekend backpacks for children.
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Buckeye Gospel Barn
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Urbana Youth Center
Open as listed
Food bank 39
Supplies the pantries. Usually not open to households directly.
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Agape Ministries
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Akron Canton Regional Foodbank
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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B.G. Christian Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Bond Hill Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Brookside Food Center
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Brown Bag Food Project
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Buckeye Food Alliance
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Burton Food Cupboard
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Chase
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center – Family Services and Choice Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Community Corner Food Center
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Community Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Community Fridge
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Community Harvest Of Stark County – Food Distribution Center
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Feed the Creek
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Feeding Medina County
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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First United Methodist Church Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Freestore Foodbank
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Gleaner’s Food Bank
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Good Neighbor House
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Lancaster Vineyard Food Pantry and Outreach
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Liberty Street Market
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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LIFE Loveland Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Little Miami Food Service
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Loveland LIFE Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Maple Heights Community Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Market off 50
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Mid-Ohio Farm on the Hilltop
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Nelson Garrettsville Community Cupboard
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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New Richmond Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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nsi Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Our Community Hunger Center Inc
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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PJPII Ozanam Center
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Saint George Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Saint Vincent de Paul Society Food Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Sharing Center
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Southwest Ozanam Center
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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The Pantry
Open as listedFood bank — supplies pantries and meal programs.
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Groceries to take home and cook.
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Bethel Churches United Pantry
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Caring Friends
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Caring Kitchen
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Caring Neighbors
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Christ Episcopal Church Pantry
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Clifton Avenue Church of God
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Concord Community Pantry
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Dunamis Ministries, Inc.
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Enon Emergency Relief
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Family Needs, Inc.
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Fellowship Food Pantry
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Five Loaves Food Pantry
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Give & Take
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Good Samaritan Outreach Center
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Good Shepherd Pantry
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Greater Grace
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Masjid AN-Nur
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McKinley Hall — East Street
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McKinley Hall — Lexington Avenue
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New Birth Mission
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North Lewisburg United Methodist Church
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Oasis of Mercy Pantry at St Michael’s
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Open Hands Free Pantry
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Operation Hunger: Springfield
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Park Layne United Brethren Food Pantry
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Pat’s Pantry
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Risen Christ Lutheran Church Food Pantry
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Salvation Army — Springfield
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Seeds of Hope
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Seeds of Love Food Pantry
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St Paris Federation of Churches
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St Vincent de Paul — Bellefontaine
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St Vincent de Paul — Russells Point
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St. John’s Lutheran Pantry
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St. Vincent de Paul — Springfield
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Stepping Stones Outreach
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The Living Well Lighthouse
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United Christian Services
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Victory Faith Center
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Wake Up the World Ministries
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Wherehouse
Open as listed
Hot meal / soup kitchen 10
A cooked meal, served on site or to take away. No cooking needed, which matters when the power is out.
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Central Christian Church
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Kids Cafe at Camp Washington
Open as listedSoup kitchen serving hot meals.
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NAMI Clark, Greene & Madison Counties
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Our Daily Bread
Open as listedSoup kitchen serving hot meals.
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Our Daily Bread
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Over-The-Rhine Kitchen
Open as listedSoup kitchen serving hot meals.
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Rainbow Table — St. John’s Lutheran
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Recovery Zone — Bellefontaine
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Recovery Zone — Urbana
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Risen Christ Lutheran Church Hot Meals
Open as listed
Senior food 1
Boxes and meals for older adults.
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Champaign County Senior Center Pantry
Open as listed
Works anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day
If nothing local is listed, or everything nearby is full, these are the numbers that will find you something.
211 — statewide health and human services
Dial 211 from any phone. Trained local operators know which shelters are open tonight, which have beds, and what the intake cut-off is. This is the single best first call in almost every situation.
American Red Cross — open disaster shelters
The official list of shelters open right now after a disaster, searchable by ZIP. Also available in the free Red Cross Emergency app.
FEMA disaster assistance
Register for federal assistance after a declared disaster, and find temporary housing help.
HUD shelter and housing finder
Federal directory of emergency shelters, transitional housing, food and health clinics, searchable by city.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Free, confidential, 24/7. Text START to 88788 or chat online. They can arrange a confidential shelter placement — you never have to give an address to find one.
National Runaway Safeline
For young people who have run away or are thinking about it, and for the adults who care about them. 24/7.
National Call Center for Homeless Veterans
Free and confidential, 24/7, for veterans who are homeless or at risk.
SAMHSA National Helpline
Free, confidential, 24/7 treatment referral and information for mental health and substance use.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988 any time. Free and confidential support for anyone in distress.