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Food and Housing Insecurities: Food Resources - Pierce County

Central location for information and resources for students experiencing food and housing insecurity.

Warm Meals in Pierce

Below is a list of sites you can get warm meals by the day of the week followed by pantry sites.

 

This is not a comprehensive list. If you know of resources that are not listed and you would like to seem the added, please contact the guide administrator, alainac@uw.edu. Please do not contact with requests to advertise your for-profit businesses. 

Monday

Hospitality Kitchen - 1323 S Yakima
Breakfast 8:30 - 9:30am
Lunch: 11:30 am - 12:30pm

My Sister's Pantry - 423 MLK Way
Dinner (1st and 3rd  Monday of month): 5:00 - 7:00pm

Tacoma Rescue Mission - 425 S Tacoma Way
Breakfast: 7:00 - 8:00am
Dinner: 5:00 - 6:00pm

Friday

Hospitality Kitchen - 1323 S Yakima
Breakfast 8:30 - 9:30am
Lunch: 11:30am - 12:30pm

Nativity House - 2304 S Jefferson
Meals: 11:00 am - 4:00pm

Tacoma Rescue Mission - 425 S Tacoma Way
Breakfast: 7:00 - 8:00am
Dinner: 5:00 - 6:00pm

Tuesday

Hospitality Kitchen - 1323 S Yakima
Breakfast 8:30 - 9:30am
Lunch: 11:30am - 12:30pm

Tacoma Rescue Mission - 425 S Tacoma Way
Breakfast: 7:00 - 8:00am
Dinner: 5:00 - 6:00pm

Saturday

Hospitality Kitchen - 1323 S Yakima
Breakfast 8:30 - 9:30am
Lunch: 11:30am - 12:30pm

My Sister's Pantry - 423 MLK Way
Meals (4th Saturday of month): 10:00am - 1:00pm

Nativity House - 2304 S Jefferson
Meals: 11:00 am - 4:00pm

Tacoma Rescue Mission - 425 S Tacoma Way
Breakfast: 7:00 - 8:00am
Dinner: 5:00 - 6:00pm

Wednesday

Hospitality Kitchen - 1323 S Yakima
Breakfast 8:30 - 9:30am
Lunch: 11:30am - 12:30pm

Nativity House - 2304 S Jefferson
Meals: 11:00 am - 4:00pm

Tacoma Rescue Mission - 425 S Tacoma Way
Breakfast: 7:00 - 8:00am
Dinner: 5:00 - 6:00pm

Sunday

Nativity House - 2304 S Jefferson
Meals: 11:00am - 4:00pm

Tacoma Rescue Mission - 425 S Tacoma Way
Breakfast: 7:00 - 8:00am
Dinner: 5:00 - 6:00pm

Thursday

African American Evening Meal - 1323 S Yakima
Dinner: 4:00pm

Hospitality Kitchen - 1323 S Yakima
Breakfast 8:30 - 9:30am
Lunch: 11:30am - 12:30pm

Nativity House - 2304 S Jefferson
Meals: 11:00am - 4:00pm

Tacoma Rescue Mission - 425 S Tacoma Way
Breakfast: 7:00 - 8:00am
Dinner: 5:00 - 6:00pm

Food Pantries in Pierce County

Most food banks ask for photo ID, some require birth dates for all household members. Call for specific rules.

Bikers Against Statewide Hunger - 103 B 140th St S - (253)531-9600
Wednesday: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Thursday: 10:00am - 2:00pm

Bonney Lake - 18409 Veteran's Memorial Dr E - (253)863-4043
Tuesday: 10:00am - 1:00pm, 5:00 - 7:00pm
Wednesday: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Thursday: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Friday: 10:00am - 1:00pm, 5:00 - 7:00pm

Browns Point Nourish - 5339 Browns Point Blvd NE - (253)886-2463
2nd & 4th Friday: 4:30 - 6:00pm

Buckley Kiwanis 127 N River Ave PO Box 29 - (253)266-7309
Wednesday: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Friday: 9:00am - 12:00pm

Eatonville Family Agency - 305 W Center St - (360)832-6805
Monday: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Thursday: 9:00am - 3:00pm

Eatonville - 540 Eatonville Hwy W - (360)832-4220
Tuesday: 10:00am - 1:00pm

Edgewood Community Nourish - 3607 122nd Ave E, Suite B - (253)826-4654
Thursday: 3:30pm - 6:30pm
Saturday: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Elouise's Cooking Pot Food Bank - 3543 E McKinley - (253)426-1994
Tuesday: 10:30am - 4:00pm
Wednesday: 10:30am - 4:00pm
Thursday: 10:30am - 4:00pm
Friday: 10:30am - 4:00pm
Saturday: 10:30am - 4:00pm

Fife/Edgewood/Milton - 2303 54th Ave E - (253)922-0960
Monday: 9:00am - 12:00pm (Call for appointment)
Tuesday: 9:00am - 12:00pm (Call for appointment)
Thursday: 9:00am - 12:00pm (Call for appointment)

Gig Harbor FISH - 4425 Burnham Dr - (253)858-6179
Monday: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Wednesday: 9:30am - 6:00pm
Thursday: 9:30am - 6:00pm
Friday: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Graham/South Hill Nourish -10425 187th St E - (253)846-3805
Monday: 10:00am - 1:30pm
Wednesday: 2:00 - 6:00pm
Friday: 10:00 am - 1:30pm

Harvest House Food Bank (Graham) - 25713 70th Ave E - (360)893-4203
Saturday: 9:30am - 12:00pm

Jackson Street Nourish - 7410 S 12th St - (253)383-3164
Last Wednesday of month: 5:00 - 7:00pm

Lakes Nourish - 6900 Steilacoom Blvd SW - (253)581-1116
Monday: 2:00 - 6:00pm
Wednesday: 1:00 - 5:00pm
Friday: 1:00 - 5:00pm

My Sister's Pantry - 621 Tacoma Ave - (253)627-1186
1st and 3rd Monday of the month: 5:00 - 7:00pm
4th Saturday of the month: 10:30am - 12:30pm

Puyallup - 4009 9th St SW - (253)841-1491
Monday: 9:00 - 11:00am, 1:00 - 2:30pm
Tuesday: 9:00 - 11:00am, 1:00 - 2:30pm
Wednesday: 1:00 - 4:30pm
Thursday: 9:00am - 1:00pm

Southeast Tacoma Nourish - 1704 E 85th - (253)531-4530
Monday: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Wednesday: 11:00am - 6:00pm
Friday: 11:00am - 4:00pm

St Leo's Food Connection - 1323 S Yakima Ave - (253)383-5048
Tuesday: 10:00 - 11:00am, 11:30am - 3:30pm, 4:00 - 5:30pm
Wednesday: 10:00 - 11:00am, 11:30am - 2:30pm
Thursday: 11:30am - 3:30pm, 4:00 - 5:30pm
Friday: 10:00 - 11:00am, 11:30am - 3:30pm
Saturday: 10:00 - 11:00am, 11:30am - 1:30pm

Tacoma - Central Special Diets Food Bank - 3108 Portland Ave - (253)272-8289
Monday: 10:00am - 2:45pm
Tuesday: 10:00am - 2:45pm
Wednesday: 10:00am - 2:45pm
Thursday: 10:00am - 2:45pm

Tacoma - Hilltop - 1223 MLK Jr. Way - (253)572-5733
Tuesday: 10:00 am- 1:00pm
Thursday: 10:00 am- 1:00pm

Tacoma - Northwest Nourish - 2710 North Madison St - (253)756-4974
Wednesday: 12:00 - 4:00pm
Saturday: 11:30am - 3:00pm

Tacoma - West - 7410 S 12th St. - (253)564-4402
Last Wednesday of the month: 5:00 - 7:00pm
 

Mobile Nourish Food Bank Sites
Monday
1:00 - 3:00pm - 101 E 38th St
4:30 - 6:30pm - 4902 S Alaska St
4:30 - 6:30pm - 19120 13th Ave Ct E, Spanaway

Tuesday
1:00 - 3:00pm - 3873 S 66th St
1:00 - 3:00pm - 9401 Farwest Dr, Lakewood
4:30 - 6:30pm - Mildred St S & 15th St S

Wednesday
1:00 - 3:00pm - 403 McNaught Rd St, Roy
1:00 - 3:00pm - 4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood
4:30 - 6:30pm - 22215 38th Ave E, Spanaway

Thursday
1:00 - 3:00pm - 8415 Maple St SW, Lakewood
3:00 - 5:00pm - 644 S L St
4:30 - 6:30pm - 8415 Maple St SW, Lakewood

Friday
1:00 - 3:00pm - 14218 92nd Ave NW, Gig Harbor
1:00 - 4:00pm - 1724 E 44th St
4:30 - 6:30pm - 12521 134th Ave KPN, Key Peninsula