Senior Meal Resources

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As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, senior citizens have become the most vulnerable population. As many senior centers and other facilities close or drastically change procedures to distribute food, the following resources are serving our seniors across the nation.

Our team at Caravan Studios is continuously compiling meal resources for seniors as they become available. We welcome your input if you are aware of sites that are not yet listed, below. Please create an account and add sites directly to this page.

Alabama

Alaska

  • Fairbanks Senior Center Meals on Wheels for Fairbanks
  • Food Bank of Alaska Mobile Food Bank in 9 locations around Anchorage. Funded through USDA programs like the Summer Food Service Program, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and The Emergency Food Assistance Program
  • Links Resource Center Senior Food Boxes distributed through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
  • Salvation Army Meal site pick-up in Anchorage Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Arizona

Arkansas

  • CHI St. Vincent Senior Centers with free meals in Garland County
  • Arkansas Groups Groups that are providing food for the elderly throughout Arkansas
  • White River Health System Various senior centers that provide on-site meals and home-delivered meals for individuals over 60.
  • Springdale Senior Center Springdale Senior Center providing lunch Monday thru Friday 11:30 am -12:30 pm and dinner Thursdays 5-5:30 pm.
  • Age Well Senior Services Grab and go meals at senior centers throughout South Orange County. (A suggested donation of $5.50 is requested but no one is turned away if unable to pay.

California

Colorado

Connecticut

  • Restaurants Serving Seniors East Hampton Restaurant offer free meals to senior citizens
  • Catholic Churches of Fairfield Congregate meal sites at 8 locations in Fairfield County open Monday thru Friday. Meals on Wheels is available to deliver meals to those who are homebound.
  • Homes with Hope Meal pick-ups are available at the Gillespie Center in Westport daily, 12 pm for lunch and 5pm for dinner. A food pantry is also available here Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 1pm to 4pm.
  • CT Foodbank Schedule with locations and times for a mobile pantry truck running throughout the state.
  • Connecticut Resources for Older Adults Lists grab and go services at senior centers, soup kitchens, food pantries, and free meal deliveries for seniors throughout the Connecticut area.

Delaware

Florida

  • Elder Affairs Searchable map of meal sites for every county in Florida, as well as meal deliveries provided by Meals on Wheels.
  • Miami Dade County List of senior centers in Miami-Dade County serving meals Monday through Friday 8 am-2 pm.
  • Nassau County County council on aging is delivering meals to seniors in Nassau County
  • Charlotte County Meal pick-ups Monday thru Friday 10 am -1 pm throughout Charlotte County. Home deliveries available for home-bound seniors.

Georgia

  • Atlanta Senior Program Low-income, homebound seniors can apply to this Atlanta program to receive free meal deliveries
  • Fulton County Home-delivered meals for seniors in Fulton County provided by Open Hand Atlanta
  • Atlanta Meals on Wheels Meals on Wheels Atlanta delivering meals to homebound seniors
  • Sun Meadow GA foods offering meal deliveries of nutritious meals throughout the state.

Guam

  • Guam Government Hot meals will be delivered to senior centers to be picked up by seniors or families between 11am and 12pm. If people are unable to pick up then meals will be delivered.
  • Guam USDA USDA waives requirements and becomes more flexible in programs to make programs more accessible.

Hawaii

  • Hawaii Foodbank Hawaii food bank has a searchable map for free meal sites throughout O'ahu
  • Kaua'i Foodbank List of free meal sites and hours of operation throughout Kaua'i.
  • Lanakila Senior Services Meals on Wheels delivering free meals for homebound seniors in Oahu and Hawaii

Idaho

  • Idaho Foodbank Mobile food pantry with searchable map of locations.
  • Idaho Foodbank Seniors Senior nutrition resources through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program
  • Pocatello Senior Center Senior Activity Center in Pocatello offering free curbside meal pick-ups Tuesday through Saturday 11:30 am to 1 pm
  • Saint Alphonsus List of senior resources from senior centers to meal deliveries throughout the state.
  • Idaho County Grab and go meals available at Grangeville Senior center by calling 208-983-2033

Illinois

  • Chicago Government Home-delivered meals for people over 60 throughout Chicago
  • 19th Ward Meal deliveries for seniors in the 19th Ward
  • Chicago Senior Centers All senior centers in Chicago are closed but offering free meal pick-ups.
  • Catholic Charities List of senior centers doing meal-deliveries with facility closures due to the pandemic as well as other food assitance programs offered in Illinois.

Indiana

Iowa

  • Polk County List of locations for free meals for seniors in Polk County
  • DMARC United Searchable food pantry map in Des Moines
  • Linn Community Foodbank Linn Community Food bank (in Cedar Rapids) is giving out food 1:00pm-3:00pm Monday through Friday
  • De Soto Iowa restaurants offering free meals in De Soto

Kansas

  • Kansas Resources SNAP participants receive an additional $274 through the Pandemic EBT program in Kansas.
  • Kansas Food Sites List of free food sites in Kansas and Missouri
  • Wichita Senior Services Senior Services of Wichita are offering free hot meals Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and then shelf-stable food for Mondays and Fridays through home deliveries.

Kentucky

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