meal programs
Organized feeding services
Meal programs are organized efforts to provide food to people who need it—schoolchildren, the elderly, the homebound, or those facing food insecurity.
Government-run programs include school breakfast and lunch, while nonprofits operate soup kitchens and food banks.
The community center runs a meal program for seniors.
Meals on Wheels is among the best-known examples.
- soup kitchenFacility feeding the poor
- church basementSubterranean parish gathering space
- school lunchMidday institutional meal
- hot lunchHeated midday food service
- food pantryCharity supplying free groceries
community kitchen · hunger relief · SNAP benefits · congregate · breakfast club · senior centers · feeding programs · free lunch · grab and go · volunteers · grants · subsidies · emergency funds · eligibility · homebound · nutrition · homeless · food assistance
- mutual aidteamwork, helping, sharing, lending, cooperation
- charitiesRed Cross, food bank, food banks, homeless shelter, homeless shelters
- community organizationscommunity centers, nonprofits, civic groups, volunteer groups, civic clubs
- community programsafter-school programs, adult classes, summer programs, community center, family programs
- community servicesparks, family services, libraries, family support, schools
- senior centersbingo, card games, exercise classes, arts and crafts, health screenings
meal programsstarvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
hunger · famine · food insecurity · food scarcity · malnutrition
meal programsself-sufficiency
Independence from outside aid
foraging · subsistence living · hunting and gathering · fending for oneself · home cooking