Across the country, food banks and community-based organizations have scaled up efforts with a call to action to help those in need of critical nutritional assistance.
From food banks to food rescues and community fridges, here are ways to help this holiday season.
Together Food Drive: Click here to donate to help in North Carolina.
United Way of Greater Atlanta: Click here to donate to the Atlanta-based organization.
Second Harvest Feeding South Louisiana: Click here to donate to the New Orleans-based organization.
Feeding America: Click here to donate to Feeding America's Community Response Campaign.
MANNA FoodBank: Click here to support the Western North Carolina-based organization.
Facing Hunger Food Bank: Click here to donate to help in Huntington, West Virginia.
May Dugan Center: Click here to support efforts in Cleveland, Ohio.
Regional Food Bank, Hudson Valley: Click here to help in northeastern New York.
Northwest Arkansas Food Bank: Click here to help in Arkansas.
Solidarity Sandy Springs: Click here to help in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Capital Area Food Bank: Click here to donate to the regional Washington D.C. and Virginia-based member of the Feeding America network of food banks.
Meals on Wheels: Click here to donate to help older Americans across the country.
Mercy Chefs' Feed the Force: Click here to help feed military families.
Second Harvest Food Bank: Click here to help in Central Florida.
Feeding South Florida: Click here to donate to the nonprofit member of Feeding America.
From community stocked fridges to restaurant-backed food rescue sites, here are a handful of places dedicated to helping at-risk Americans stay fed.
City Harvest: Click here for a city-wide map to locate free distribution sites that include soup kitchens, community fridges and food pantries in the New York area.
Additionally this holiday season, the organization is getting support from companies like FreshDirect and Monse, who are committing 100% of proceeds from their new grocery bag tote collab to the New York-based food rescue organization.
Feeding America: Click here to find a local food bank in your area.
FoodFinder: Click here to find food pantries across the U.S.
Freedge: Click here to locate a community fridge.
Editor's note: This report was first published on Oct. 30, 2025.
