Posted by: Organizations in South Florida offer free food distribution for families needing help. Some sites provide drive-through pickups, while others offer doorstep deliveries for eligible participants.
Food distributions are in Broward, Miami-Dade and greater Palm Beach.
This list is periodically revised to reflect new distribution sites.
Drive-through & other free food distributions include:
Farm Share
Farm Share is a nonprofit organization that distributes fruits, vegetables and other food items, offers drive-through distribution events in Florida. Free food items provided usually include fresh produce, nonperishable items and water. To obtain food, you need to arrive in a vehicle with a trunk or cargo bed. Information on drive-through pickups is online. First-come, first served. Financial donations are accepted via FarmShare.org
La Bodega
La Bodega food pantry at Allapatah YMCA offers food distributions 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Mondays – Fridays, 2370 NW 17 Avenue, Miami, 305- 635-9622, website.
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Feeding South Florida
Feeding South Florida and its partners offer occasional free food distribution events in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. The website also offers a list of participating organizations. Information is on the website.
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Other food distribution programs:
Hours occasionally are revised. It’s wise to phone or verify on social platforms before you go.
- Seed of Hope Ministries: occasional food distributions; information on Facebook.
- Riviera Presbyterian Church: 5275 Sunset Drive, Miami; 305-666-8586; provides families with nonperishable items Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., while supplies last. Walk-up distribution. Financial donations are accepted via rivierachurch.org.
- Worship Center Blessed Ministries: 1793 Opa-Locka Blvd., Opa-Locka; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays; 786-704-2009
- Curley’s House of Style: 6025 NW Sixth Court, Miami; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays; 305-754-7784 or 305-759-9805.
- Unity Baptist Church: 13001 NW Seventh Ave., North Miami; usually 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; 786-486-0898.
- True Deliverance Church: 18300 SW 109th Ave., Miami; Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon; 305-254-2163; drive-thru operation.
- King Jesus International Ministry drive-thru: 13850 SW 143rd Court, Miami, or church lot, 14100 SW 144th Ave., Miami; Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-11 a.m., while supplies last (early arrival recommended); 305-382-3171.
- Soref JCC in Plantation, food pantry with drive-thru pickups by appointment; participants need to register with a partnering social service agency. For information on social service agencies, use Broward 2-1-1, online or call 211.
Food aid for seniors:
- Health in the Hood is distributing food to Miami’s most vulnerable citizens, including seniors, through its “Filling Fridges” project.
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami is providing meals to those in need 60 or older, who live independently in their homes and are registered with the program. Information: 305-754-2444 or online
- Glory Temple Ministry, 7950 NW 22nd Ave., Miami, open only to seniors in urgent need. Call 305-456-5217 to ask for help
- Meals On Wheels South Florida offers free food to eligible homebound seniors. Info: 954-714-6946 or online
- Aging & Disability Resource Center assists with food delivery for seniors who self-quarantined, 954-745-9779 for information
- Pantry of Broward offers food assistance program in Broward, including home deliveries, for seniors and grandparents with legal custody of grandchildren. Information on eligibility online or 954-358-1481
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Comments
Yanira
February 22, 2021 at 4:48 pm
Hi, Can you advise how an organization’s food distribution can be added to this list? Thank you, Y
Melina
February 22, 2021 at 4:48 pm
Hi, Yanira. Thank you for writing to us. Please send your information to editor@miamionthecheap.com.
Carol Eves
February 18, 2021 at 7:07 pm
Where can I get free food for my cats and dogs?
Melina
February 18, 2021 at 7:07 pm
Hi, Carol. Thank you for writing to us. We are always on the lookout for pet food distribution events, though there haven't been in a while. You might want to check through ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Miami. The service is part of the ASPCA’s Relief and Recovery Initiative offering free dog and cat food to people who qualify. Distribution is by appointment only. Call 800-738-9437 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Here's more information: https://miamionthecheap.com/aspca-offering-free-pet-food-for-miami-dade-residents/
Yanira Lewia
February 10, 2021 at 3:07 pm
Hello,
Can you advise how I can add an organization to this list?
Thank you, Yanira Lewis Admin -Three Virtues Organization, Inc
Josie Gulliksen
February 10, 2021 at 3:07 pm
Please send all relevant info on your food distribution to news@miamionthecheap.com. Thank you!
Andrea
April 19, 2020 at 10:49 am
What if you are on Miami Beach and do not have a car? We were turned away at Feeding America yesterday, while people in Cadillac Escalades were getting food. I am not a senior.
Josie Gulliksen
April 19, 2020 at 10:49 am
I don't know how it works if you don't have a car. Perhaps you can find one that will bring them to your house. Perhaps you can call 211, they may be able to help you find one that will bring it to your house.
Phyllis feldman
April 13, 2020 at 12:56 pm
We are self quarantined due to older age and disabilities in Boca Raton. We are having difficulty getting food. Is there help out there? Phyllis
Josie Gulliksen
April 13, 2020 at 12:56 pm
Here's a link to the post on Fort Lauderdale on the Cheap. Look toward the bottom where it says "Food Aid for Seniors"
https://fortlauderdaleonthecheap.com/drive-through-food-distribution-sites-in-south-florida/