Food Not Bombs - Columbia
Content added Sept. 24, 2025
Hot Meals + Ways to Get Fed. Providing FREE HOT MEALS IN THE PARK! Flyer 9-24-25
We’re a group of happy volunteers who enjoy cooking & bringing free hot meals to area parks several times a month, for anyone who’s hungry.
We come from all faiths and belief systems, and purposely don’t talk about religion so all can feel comfortable at our Neighborhood Table.
We never ask for ID, or check personal details. Not our our business, we’re your neighbors.
We source free food from area grocery stores and our #1 Nationwide award-winning Farmer’s Market that would only be landfilled, Then our cooks turn it into delicious meals for our neighbors.
We love to feed folks, and here, in our town, no one goes hungry if we can help it.
We cook food FRESH in our own homes before our Meals, and by bulk in a church kitchen once a month, so there’s nothing that’s sat on a shelf for years.
We package it all up & bring it to the Gazebo at Flat Branch Park in Columbia, to share with whoever shows up. It's always a party!
Helping Hands Southern Boone
Content updated April 18, 2024
The mission of Helping Hands Southern Boone is to unite families in need with resources and donations in the spirit of God’s love.
Helping Hands Free Store
113 E. Broadway
Ashland, MO 65010
(573) 356-1174
Email: helpinghandssoboco@gmail.com
Mondays 2:00-4:00 PM
Tuesdays 2:00-4:00 PM
Wednesdays 5:30-7:30 PM
Thursdays 5:30-7:30 PM
(CLOSED second Thursday of the month)
2nd & 4th Saturdays Each Month 9 AM - 12 PM
Lasagna Love
Our mission is simple: feed families, spread kindness, and strengthen communities. Our global community of Lasagna Love volunteers prepare lasagnas each week and deliver them free of charge and contact-free to the doorstep of local families who have requested a meal. Families can privately sign up to receive a meal (no questions asked!).
Request a lasagna website
Social Handles: @WeAreLasagnaLove (Facebook, Instagram)
Lisa Hade, Regional Director - lisa@lasagnalove.org
Senior Farmer’s Market-Nutrition Program
Low-income seniors (60 years of age or older)
Content updated Jan. 10, 2025
The Missouri Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (MoSFMNP) provides benefit vouchers to low-income seniors (60 years of age or older) residing in one of 46 Missouri counties. Eligible seniors receive 10 vouchers ($5 each), totaling $50 annually. Vouchers can be exchanged for eligible foods at a farmer’s market or roadside stand with an authorized farmer.
Contact Mid Missouri Aging Best Office
201 W Broadway, Ste. 1 E
Columbia, MO 65203
8am-4pm
573-443-5823
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Aging Best
Content updated Aug. 5, 2024
We deliver the best support, services, and programs to help people be as independent as possible as they navigate through life.
Aging Best partners with several centers and nutrition programs throughout Central Missouri. Nutrition Activity Centers offer delicious hot meals Monday through Friday, activities, and educational opportunities. They also provide a great atmosphere for catching up with friends and making new ones.
Adults who are physically unable to attend their local center can receive home-delivered meals. Aging Best delivers meals to frail persons in over 100 communities in central Missouri.
Learn More About Our Support Services
201 W. Broadway Suite E
Columbia, MO 65203
(800) 369-5211 / (573) 443-5823
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Meals on Wheels of Columbia
Seniors, individuals with disabilities or chronic illness.
Content updated Oct. 3, 2025
Meals on Wheels of Columbia is a non-profit organization that aims to extend independence to seniors in our community. Through the help of our many friendly volunteer drivers, we provide a daily M-F hot, nutritious meal to individuals who meet the following criteria: 1. Any senior 65 or over; 2. Any adult who has a diagnosed disability or chronic illness (any age 18+); 3. Any adult needing short-term food support after a recent hospitalization. We serve individuals of all incomes and have a pay what you can model. It is easy and quick to sign up. Complete form on website at www.mealsonwheelscolumbia.org or call to sign up: 573-886-7554.
800 Hospital Drive
Columbia, Mo 65201
Monday-Friday 8am-4pm
573-886-7554
Email: office@mealsonwheelscolumbia.org
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Food Bank Market (formerly the Central Food Pantry)
Content updated May 28, 2025
Feeding America had staffing changes, and they are not helping with food stamp applications right now. They will direct clients back to the Food Bank. Here is the form anyone can fill out to have a Food Bank employee reach out to help someone apply via phone: SNAP Support • The Food Bank For Central & Northeast Missouri
Central Pantry is now located at 705 Business Loop 70W. If you live or work in Boone County and are in need of food assistance, you are welcome to visit Central Pantry. Our intake process is entirely self-declared, so no paperwork is required, just bring yourself to enroll at Central Pantry. A form of ID helps intake move quicker and the names and birthdates of other households written on a piece of paper help, but none are necessary.
Tuesday - Friday, 10 am - 4pm
Saturday, 10am - 2pm
705 Business Loop 70W
Columbia, MO 65201
573-874-7848
Columbia Senior Activity Center
Content updated Dec. 18, 2023
The Senior Center provides a safe place for individuals in their mature years to stopover to interact with persons approximately the same age, and share the same interests. Thru many different activities and a healthy meal program, people can stay active mentally as well as physically
The Center’s hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM-4PM
Lunch 10:45 - 12:45 pm; Take out only after 12:30 pm. A Full lunch ticket costs $7.00 ($6.00 for a veteran). A full lunch includes an entree, 2 sides, soup, dessert, and a drink. All items may be ordered individually as well. There is no age limit to come and eat.
1121 Business Loop 70 E
Columbia, MO 65202
573-874-2050
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