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Florida residents can get free or low cost food from food banks that are located across the state. The listing below is for the lead agency in the county. The agency listed below partners with dozens of other churches, non-profits, food banks, and charities in the county to accept applications and distribute the free food to the needy.
In addition, all of the organizations and agencies listed partner with an organization known as Feeding America, which used to be called America's Second Harvest. This is the nations leading food assistance / non-profit organization. In Florida alone over 100 million pounds of food is distributed each year to people in need of help, and hundreds of thousands of residents in Florida receive assistance from the food banks and pantries each and every year.
The food banks listed below are in addition to all of the distribution centers that are located in your town or county. Click here to find programs for your county.
You can call the agency noted below to learn more about the services they offer, and to find out exactly where you can go for free food. They may refer you to a church, charity, or other location that is closer to where you live in Florida.
Bradenton (Serving: Manatee County)
Food Bank of Manatee County
811 23rd Avenue East
Bradenton, Florida 34208
Dial: 941-747-FOOD (747-3663)
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Fort Pierce (Serving: Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee & St. Lucie Counties)
Treasure Coast Food Bank
3051 Industrial 25th St
Address - Fort Pierce, FL 34946
Phone: 772-489-5676
Ft. Myers (Serving: Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry & Lee Counties)
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida
3760 Fowler St
Ft. Myers, FL 33901
Phone number: 239-334-7007
Gainesville (Serving: Alachua, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette & Levy Counties)
Bread of the Mighty
716 NW 5th Street
P.O. Box 5086
Gainesville, Florida 32627
Phone: 352-336-0839
Jacksonville (Serving: Baker, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Madison, Nassau, Putnam & St. Johns Counties)
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Florida
1502 Jessie Street
Jacksonville FL 32206
Phone: 904-353-3663
Lake City (Serving: Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee & Union Counties)
Food Bank of Suwannee Valley
772 E. Duval Street
Lake City, Florida 32055
Phone: 386-755-5683
Lakeland (Serving: Polk & Highlands Counties)
Agape Food Bank
625 McCue Road
Lakeland, FL 33815
Phone: 863-665-7074
Land O'Lakes (Serving: Hernando & Pasco Counties)
Suncoast Harvest Food Bank
5829 Ehren Cutoff
Land-O'Lakes, FL 34639
Phone: 813-929-0200
Pembrook Park (Serving: Broward, Dade, Monroe & Palm Beach Counties)
Feeding South Florida
Physical address - 2501 SW 32 Terrace
Pembroke Park, FL 33023
Phone number: 954-518-1818
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Milton (Serving: Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton & Washington Counties)
Bay Area Food Bank
5709 Industrial Blvd
Milton, Florida 32583
Phone: 850-626-1332
Ocala (Serving: Marion County)
First Step Food Bank
P.O. Box 4774
Ocala, FL 34478
Phone: 352-732-5500
Orlando (Serving: Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole & Volusia Counties)
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
2008 Brengle Avenue
Orlando FL 32808
Phone: 407-295-1066
Sarasota (Serving: DeSoto & Sarasota Counties)
All Faiths Food Bank
8171 Blaikie Ct
Sarasota FL 34240
Phone: 941-379-6333
Tallahassee (Serving: Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Taylor & Wakulla Counties)
America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend, Inc.
110 Four Points Way
Tallahassee FL 32305
Phone: 850-562-3033
Tampa (Serving: Citrus, Hardee, Hillsborough, Pinellas & Sumter Counties)
Feeding America Tampa Bay
4702 Transport Drive Bldg. 6
Tampa Florida 33605-5940
Phone: 813-254-1190
Find information and locations of additional pantries and food banks for your city or county in Florida. They can oftentimes provide free food, clothing, holiday meals and assistance, and other help. These locations are specific to the county or city.
In addition to the food banks in Florida listed above, as well as the phone number for more locations below, there are other programs for all Florida residents. They include the following:
Most counties should be listed above. However, if not, or if you need additional food assistance, other options that are available to you include low cost groceries from Angel Ministries (Learn more), food from the SNAP food program, and government food assistance programs. Or dial 813-321-7858 for more information on locations of distribution centers.
Between the Florida food banks listed above, as well as the other programs noted, no one in Florida should ever go hungry.
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