For over 40 years, not only has Loaves & Fishes grown into the largest prepared-meals distribution program in the Bay Area, but we also have the broadest geographic reach, with a service area that utilizes 153 distribution sites extending from Gilroy at the southern-most boundary of Santa Clara County all the way to San Francisco on the west and Fremont on the east.

The guests we serve encompass the entire breadth of the residents throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties – including families, children, veterans, and individuals living in encampments, cars, and RVs, congregate shelters, residences, or temporary shelters; seniors who are unhoused or living in low-income senior living facilities; and individuals and families disproportionately impacted by unemployment and other economic, physical, and mental health hardships.

Every guest is served and supported with dignity and respect, without judgment, and receive help for carving out the best path toward greater stability.

We don’t want our 1.5 million hungry neighbors going to bed not knowing where their next meal is coming from. We need your support more than ever to move people from hunger to hope!

For the majority of people we serve, ours is the only hot, nutritious, prepared meal they will receive that day. You can help that meal be full of life, love, fuel, health, medicine, and hope.