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We partner with mission-driven people and organizations across Cook and Lake Counties to witness a message of mercy and hope to a world in need. We are called to serve and accompany anyone, regardless of their faith, gender, race, or ethnicity.

Through empowerment, education, and partnerships The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri brings community resources together to feed people in need. We provide food at no charge to pantries, soup kitchen and other member agencies that distribute it to people in need at no charge.

The Ecumenical Community Food Pantry of Norwood, Inc. serves over 350 families in the towns of Norwood and Westwood. They run 100% on volunteers!

Since 2018, the Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation has directed more than $30 million to organizations, innovators and changemakers across the country to address a fundamental absurdity in our food system: 35% of food produced in the U.S. is thrown away, yet 42 million Americans struggle with hunger. Through innovation, collaboration and community engagement, we’re committed to our mission of creating communities free of hunger and waste.

Our mission is to support and empower the individual and community by creating spaces for communion, service, and social justice. We do this by alleviating the impacts of material, emotional, and spiritual poverty through direct service, education, community building, fostering dialogue and by providing witness, sanctuary, and support. Our vision is to create engaged citizen leaders who will honor the complexities of the human spirit and work to create just and sustainable communities.

The mission of Journeys | The Road Home is to individually assess and serve the homeless and near homeless, while broadening community awareness and involvement with the homeless.

The World Food Programme is the food assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.

Armed with a caravan of cooks, mobile pits, kitchens and volunteers, Operation BBQ Relief delivers the healing power of BBQ in times of need, feeding first responders and communities affected by natural disasters along with year-round efforts to fight hunger through The Always Serving Project® and Camp OBR™ programs.