Meals of Hope

Mission Statement

Meals of Hope’s mission is to inspire and empower communities to come together to end hunger. Our vision is for all people in our community to be food secure.

Organizational Overview

Meals of Hope takes a multi-pronged approach to ending hunger. Since 2007, Meals of Hope has packed over 70 million meals collectively and has expanded from being solely a meal packing organization to becoming the largest food pantry provider in Southwest Florida. In 2020, Meals of Hope packed over 10 million meals that were distributed to local Feeding America food banks; provided over 63,000 packs of weekend food for hungry students through its out of school feeding efforts; and served over 200,000 adults, children and seniors through its mobile pantry locations throughout Collier and Lee Counties. What’s more, in 2021 we served over 193,000 adults, children and seniors collectively through our mobile pantries and packed almost 7 million meals! We cannot do it alone!