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Free food pantries, soup kitchens and groceries in Lafayette Parish.

Free food, hot meals and nutritional support is available in Lafayette Parish. Get details on free food pantries, including centers open today, that help low-income people. Hundreds of Lafayette Parish families turn to a food bank each month. The distribution centers near you, including pantries, churches and charities, try to help anyone in need with a focus on senior citizens, single moms and disabled people. Find free food banks and pantries near you in Lafayette Parish below.

They may offer support or referrals to other local resources as well. In addition to a free box of groceries or personal stuff, such as laundry detergent or paper products, some of the locations, including a drive thru pantry near you in Lafayette LA, will provide other support to the public. This may include clothing, free holiday meals for Thanksgiving or Christmas, or an Easter basket for kids. However that will always be lower priority. The number one goal is to provide emergency food to struggling residents across Lafayette Parish, including Meals on Wheels to senior citizens.

If someone from the region is looking for long term support, then some of the non-profit will help the person with applications to SNAP food stamps. Or vouchers from WIC can help single moms or low income parents by offering baby formula, wellness checkups and educational support.

Where to get a free box of groceries in Lafayette Parish for low-income families

St. Mary Magdalyn Christian Service Center
Address is 300 Pere Megret St., Abbeville, Louisiana 70510. Telephone number is (337) 893-0244
A free emergency pantry feeds the poor, migrant workers, jobless and others facing hunger.

Progressive Baptist Church
Address is 125 Gallian St, Lafayette, LA 70501. Phone - (337) 234-3924
Everything from funds for rent or utilities in combined with food and groceries. Volunteers operate at the pantry. They also have school supplies for children, Christmas meals, and more.

Gethsemane Church-God In Christian
701 E Pinhook Rd, Lafayette, LA 70501. Dial (337) 233-2478

Spirit of Liberty Christian
2841 Louisiana Ave, Lafayette, LA 70501. Call (337) 234-3026
A free food pantry is on site for the unemployed, low-income and struggling in Lafayette LA. Get fresh fruits, a box of groceries with items such as pasta, canned meat, or bread.. There are also free vegetables, fruits, Oranges, baby formula for new moms. and other products.

 

 

 

AcadianaCares
Addresss is 809 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Lafayette, LA 70501. Call (337) 233-2437

Tabernacle of Hope Center
The Food Distribution Center is at 925 W Broussard Rd, Lafayette, LA 70506. Phone: (337) 517-6031

True Vine Ministries
1555 W Willow St, Lafayette, LA 70506. Phone: (337) 233-1708

The Salvation Army
212 6th St, Lafayette, LA 70501. Call (337) 235-2407
The charity has a number of assistance programs, including a free food pantry and soup kitchen. Low-income families in Lafayette Parish can get free groceries, Christmas or Thanksgiving meals, feminine products, meat or bread and more. There is also financial help as well as information on SNAP food stamps and other benefit programs. More on Salvation Army assistance programs Lafayette Parish.

Cajun Area Agency On Aging
110 Toledo Dr., Lafayette, LA 70506. Main phone number is (337) 572-8940
They help seniors and disabled people. Assistance programs include the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), which has fresh fruits, vegetables, and dairy items. They can even use food stamps to shop at the market. There is also Meals on Wheels, free cooking classes, ensure for senior citizens in Lafayette Parish for nutritional support and more.

Our Lady of The Assumption
Address is 410 N Michaud St., Carencro, Louisiana. Main phone number is (337) 896-8304

Carencro Community Center
5115 N University Ave, Carencro, LA 70520. Call (337) 896-3888
Apply for, and based on need, clients can get food, toiletries including soap or hand sanitizer, baby formula, laundry detergent, diapers (as available) to families and individual. The free food from volunteers from the parish will include Cereal, Milk, Rice, Pasta, Apple Sauce, Thanksgiving turkeys and more.

SMILE Community Action Agency
Main office - 2097 Terrace Rd, St Martinville,  Louisiana. Phone number is (337) 394-6013
Free food is on site, mostly canned, for people in crisis. The staff can help the working poor with LIHEAP energy assistance. They also have referrals to the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), SNAP food stamps, and more. A leading poverty fighting group in the parish.

 

 

 

 

Crowley Christian Care Center
726 W 7th St., Crowley, LA 70526. For information on the pantry, dial (337) 783-5811
They also assist low-income families in Lafayette Parish. The charity has everything from a box of food to clothing and maybe limited financial aid. Case management is also arranged.

St. Bernard/St. Francis Food Pantry
701 W. Bridge St., Breaux Bridge LA 70517. Dial 337.314.9494

Eunice Food Bank
1000 E Willow St, Lafayette, LA 70501. Call (337)232-3663

Referrals are given to other pantries and soup kitchens in Lafayette Parish. They help disabled people as well as seniors get free frozen meals (or food boxes) delivered/ Or get vitamins, vegetables (fresh or canned), bread and similar shelf stable groceries.

Northwest Community Center
501 Samuel Dr, Eunice, LA 70535. Phone: (337) 457-6573
This location focuses on senior citizens as well.

Church of the Assumption - Church Hall
Address is 1408 Carmel Dr., Lafayette, LA. Call (337) 261-5500 for hours.

Catholic Charities and St. Joseph Diner
Location is 405 St John St, Lafayette, LA 70502. Dial (337) 235-4972
Meals and lunches are served. A delivery service is for the homebound. Also, Thanksgiving and Christmas food programs are run too. The charity, and its volunteers, pass out fresh foods, groceries, meals, bag lunches and nutritious items to families as well as single moms (and their kids) faced with hunger. There are several different programs they are involved in, and more on free food from Lafayette LA Catholic Charities.

First Church of God In Christ
The food bank is at 1901 Martin Luther King Dr, Jeanerette, LA 70544. Phone: (337) 276-6956
Meals may also be served to the homeless.

Council on Aging
Main address is 160 Industrial Pkwy, Lafayette, LA 70508. Call (337) 262-5990
Meals on Wheels are offered for the home-bound. There are also free congregate meals served to the needy and low income.

United Christian Outreach
Location is 422 Carmel Dr., Lafayette, LA 70501. Main phone - (337) 234-0162

Lafayette Church of Christ
510 Orchid Drive, Lafayette, LA 70506. Call (337) 264-9301

Martin Luther King Recreation Center
Address is 309 Cora, Lafayette, Louisiana 70501. Main phone - (337) 291-5561

Missionaries Of Charity
Food bank address is 904 Jack St, Lafayette, LA 70501. Dial (337) 233-3929

UMC WIC Program from Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
2390 W. Congress, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506. Address - (337) 261-6744
Low income, new parents, including single moms, can get WIC vouchers and EBT cards to buy baby formula or infant milk. There are also medical checkups and healthy living workshops, cooking or shopping classes and similar social services.

 

 

 

 

American Legion Home
1501 Surrey St, Lafayette, LA. Dial (337) 233-3296
Information on assistance for veterans only and their families.

Loreauville Baptist Church
8116 Loreauville Rd, New Iberia, LA 70563. Phone: (337) 229-6251

First Assembly of God Church
3555 Verot School Rd, Youngsville, Louisiana 70592. Main phone - (337) 857-0018
Call for food. The staff work to stop hunger. There may also be snacks for children and help for seniors.

Additional free food programs near you in Lafayette Parish

For additional free food distribution centers near you, call 504.734.1322 or 318.445.2773. Other government run programs in Lafayette Parish LA range from Commodity Supplemental Food, which is a USDA nutrition program, to mobile drive thru pantries, food stamps applications and more. Or locate Feeding America hunger prevention services for people who are food insecure.

 

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