Meal Sites
We serve people in Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Benzie Counties, who are hungry or who live with food insecurity.
Homemade meals by 5Loaves2Fish are served at the following locations:
Mondays at 5:00 PM at Veterans’ Park (year-round), at the corner of 11th St. and Elmwood Ave., Traverse City
Mondays at 6:00 PM at Safe Harbor (October – April): 517 Wellington St., Traverse City
Mondays at Leelanau Christian Neighbors (pre-packaged meals-to-go available during pantry hours: 7322 E. Duck Lake Rd., Lake Leelanau) https://leelanauchristianneighbors.org/services/food-pantries/
Tuesdays from 4pm to 6pm at the Leland Community United Methodist Church (community meal: 106 4th Street, Leland)
Tuesdays at Empire Food Pantry (pre-packaged meals-to-go available during pantry hours: 4902 W MacFarlane Rd, Glen Arbor) https://www.glenlakechurch.org/helplink-and-food-pantry
Tuesdays at Lake Ann United Methodist Church Food Pantry (pre-packaged meals-to-go available during pantry hours: 6583 First St, Lake Ann) https://www.facebook.com/lakeannunitedmethodist/
Wednesdays from 4pm-6pm at the Friendship Community Center in Suttons Bay (pre-packaged meals to go: 201 W. Broadway, Suttons Bay )
Wednesdays at Lake Ann United Methodist Church Food Pantry (pre-packaged meals-to-go available during pantry hours: 6583 First St, Lake Ann) https://www.facebook.com/lakeannunitedmethodist/
Thursdays from 4pm-6pm at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Northport (pre-packaged meals to go: 220 Nagonaba St., Northport)
Thursdays at Lake Ann United Methodist Church Food Pantry (pre-packaged meals-to-go available during pantry hours: 6583 First St, Lake Ann) https://www.facebook.com/lakeannunitedmethodist/
More Resources
For a list of community meal sites in Traverse City, visit: https://www.gtsafeharbor.org/community-resources/community-meals.html
For the food pantries and meal schedule in the five-county region, visit the Northwest Food Coalition: https://northwestmifoodcoalition.org/food-pantries/
To receive assistance with housing concerns, visit the Northwest Michigan Coalition to End Homelessness: https://www.endhomelessnessnmi.org/help