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Food assistance and shelter locations in Birmingham, Alabama

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Foodbank

23rd Street Baptist Church South

Food Pantry in Birmingham

331 23rd Street South, Birmingham, AL 35233

Birmingham · Alabama

Information sourced from the U.S. EPA Excess Food Opportunities Map v3.1. Contact the location to confirm services and hours before visiting.

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Foodbank

Adventist Community-Southpark

Food Pantry in Birmingham

414 S Park Rd SW, Birmingham, AL 35211

Birmingham · Alabama

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Foodbank

Alton Church of God

Food Pantry in Birmingham

2305 Old Alton Road, Birmingham, AL 35210

Birmingham · Alabama

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Alton Food Pantry

Food Pantry in Birmingham

2200 Alton Road, Birmingham, AL 35210

Birmingham · Alabama

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Foodbank

Blazer Kitchen 1613 Building

UAB Food Pantry for Students, Employees, and Referred Patients

1613 11th Ave S, 1613 Building, Birmingham, AL 35205

Birmingham · Alabama

Free grocery-style food and resource pantry serving UAB students, employees, and patients referred by participating UAB clinics. Students and employees must bring a ONE Card; referred patients must bring the…

205-996-2040 Tuesday 1:00 PM-4:45 PM; Wednesday 8:15 AM-3:45 PM; Thursday 10:00 AM-6:30 PM. Appointments are required and are released on the prior Sunday; walk-ins are not accepted.
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Foodbank

Blazer Kitchen Hill Student Center

UAB Student Food Pantry

1400 University Blvd, Hill Student Center Suite 303, Birmingham, AL 35233

Birmingham · Alabama

Free grocery-style food and resource pantry for currently enrolled UAB students. This Hill Student Center location serves students only and provides food plus resource referrals. Street parking is available.

205-975-9509 Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-2:30 PM. Appointments are required, although walk-ins may be accommodated when capacity allows. Bring a valid UAB ONE Card.
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Foodbank

Church of the Reconciler UMC

Community Meals and Sack Lunches

112 14th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

Birmingham · Alabama

Provides weekday sack lunches and coffee plus several recurring hot meals. Anyone may attend the first-Sunday lunch without participating in worship. Published meal schedules vary by day and season, so visit…

205-324-6402 Sack lunch and coffee: Monday-Thursday 9:00 AM-10:00 AM. Santa Fe soup: Thursday 11:00 AM, October-March. Community lunch: third Wednesday monthly at 11:00 AM. First-Sunday lunch follows worship at about 11:00 AM; worship attendance is not required. Third-Sunday breakfast is generally 9:00 AM-9:30 AM.
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Food pantry

Collat Jewish Family Services Food Closet

Referral-Based Food and Support Assistance

3940 Montclair Road 205, Birmingham, AL 35213

Birmingham · Alabama

Collat Jewish Family Services provides referral-based food-closet assistance alongside counseling, transportation, caregiver, senior, and community-support services. The program serves Jefferson County and i…

205-879-3438 Main office: Monday-Thursday 8:30 AM-5:00 PM and Friday 8:30 AM-4:00 PM, by appointment. Food-closet access requires an agency referral; call CJFS before visiting because office hours are not guaranteed pantry pickup hours.
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Foodbank

Community Food Bank of Central Alabama

Regional Food Bank and Mobile Pantry Operator

107 Walter Davis Dr, Birmingham, AL 35209

Birmingham · Alabama

Regional food bank distributing food through more than 300 nonprofit partners across 12 Central Alabama counties and operating public Mobile Pantries and targeted meal programs. People seeking food should us…

205-942-8911 This warehouse does not distribute food directly to visitors. Use the official Find Food map for current Mobile Pantry and partner schedules. Administrative office: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM. Small food-donation lobby drop-off: Monday-Friday 7:30 AM-4:00 PM; larger warehouse donations: Monday-Friday 7:30 AM-2:00 PM.
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Foodbank

Disabled American Veterans-DAV

Food Pantry in Birmingham

238 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35204

Birmingham · Alabama

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Foodbank

Eastern Area Christian

Food Pantry in Birmingham

8002 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35206

Birmingham · Alabama

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Family / youth shelter

Firehouse Ministries Emergency Shelter

Family / Youth Shelter — low-barrier emergency shelter

626 2nd Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203

Birmingham · Alabama

low-barrier emergency shelter. Serves Adults experiencing homelessness. Gender/access: Men only. Age: 19 and older. Household eligibility: Not a family shelter. Intake: Walk-in; no appointment or referral; h…

205-252-9571 First-time bed lottery: line up by 5:30 PM; Continuum ID service Monday, Thursday, Saturday 2:30-5:00 PM; Nightly shelter; exact overnight departure time not published
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Family / youth shelter

First Light Shelter

Family / Youth Shelter — emergency shelter

2230 Fourth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203

Birmingham · Alabama

emergency shelter. Serves Women and children experiencing homelessness. Gender/access: Women and children. Household eligibility: Serves women with children as well as women without children. Intake: Contact…

205-323-4277 Call or email; detailed intake hours not published; Operates shelter 365 days a year; exact overnight hours not published
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Food pantry

Fountain of Life Christian Church Love Pantry

Monthly Food-Box Pantry

8737 4th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35206

Birmingham · Alabama

Love Pantry is Fountain of Life Christian Church's monthly food-box ministry for families in need. It is distinct from the church's Feed the Need outreach, which serves people experiencing homelessness off s…

205-836-9607 Fourth Saturday of each month. The official page does not publish a start or closing time; contact the church before visiting.
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Foodbank

Grace Episcopal Church Food Pantry

Food Pantry, Clothing, and Personal-Care Assistance

5712 1st Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35212

Birmingham · Alabama

Grace Food Pantry distributes canned, shelf-stable, dairy, and meat groceries to more than 90 households in a typical week. Personal-care items and critical clothing assistance may also be available during T…

205-595-4636 Food distribution: second, third, fourth, and fifth Tuesdays of each month, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM. Monthly food delivery is usually the second Monday, 8:00 AM-9:30 AM. Assistance counseling is available on most pantry days and by appointment.
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Foodbank

Greater Birmingham Ministries Emergency Food Assistance

Monthly Emergency Grocery Distribution

2304 12th Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35234

Birmingham · Alabama

Emergency food assistance for neighbors facing reduced hours, layoffs, wage theft, housing loss, and other financial hardship, including seniors and grandparents. The monthly distribution provides grocery ba…

205-326-6821 Food distribution is held on the third Friday of each month. An exact public start time is not published; call before visiting. Distribution is generally contact-minimized with groceries and produce loaded into vehicle trunks.
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Food pantry

Green Valley Baptist Church Food Pantry

Monthly Church Food Pantry

1815 Patton Chapel Road, Birmingham, AL 35226

Birmingham · Alabama

Monthly food pantry at Green Valley Baptist Church, 1815 Patton Chapel Road in Hoover. A current local food-assistance organization publishes the third-Tuesday distribution and direct church phone; current c…

205-822-2173 Third Tuesday of each month, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM. Current county guidance separately describes referral-based access, so call the church directly before visiting to confirm the intake procedure.
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Foodbank

Guiding Light Church Share Life Food and Clothing Outreach

Faith-Based Food, Clothing, Garden, and Referral Outreach

1800 John Rogers Dr, Birmingham, AL 35210

Birmingham · Alabama

The Share Life outreach includes food and clothing, shelter connections, education, and health initiatives. The church also operates community-care gardening activities. Assistance availability and distribut…

205-838-1386 No public food-distribution schedule is published. Church building hours are Tuesday-Friday 10:00 AM-6:00 PM; call before seeking food or clothing assistance.
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Foodbank

Holy Rosary Food Pantry

Food Pantry and Clothing Closet

7414 Georgia Rd, Birmingham, AL 35212

Birmingham · Alabama

Volunteer-run pantry serving Gate City, Woodlawn, East Lake, and nearby communities with fresh produce, dairy, bakery items, shelf-stable vegetables and meat, and other groceries. The parish reports distribu…

Food Pantry and Clothing Closet: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10:00 AM-12:00 PM.
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Foodbank

Homewood Church of Christ Food Pantry

On-Site and Mobile Food Pantry

265 W Oxmoor Rd, Birmingham, AL 35209

Birmingham · Alabama

Monthly food outreach offering meat, produce, canned goods, and other nonperishable groceries through an on-site pantry at the church and a mobile pantry serving Jonesboro in Bessemer.

205-942-5683 The church operates monthly on-site and Jonesboro/Bessemer mobile distributions, but exact dates and hours are not published on the official page. Contact the outreach ministry before visiting.
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Food pantry

House of Love Food Pantry

Community Food Bank Partner Pantry

1001 35th St Ensley, Birmingham, AL 35218

Birmingham · Alabama

Community Food Bank of Central Alabama distribution partner at 1001 35th Street Ensley in Birmingham. The current partner filing confirms the organization and exact address but does not publish a location-sp…

Current public distribution hours and a direct phone are not published in the controlling source. Confirm service before visiting.
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Foodbank

Independent Presbyterian Church Community Ministries Food Pantry

Weekday Blessing Boxes and Mobile Pop-Up Markets

3100 Highland Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205

Birmingham · Alabama

Provides canned food, hygiene products, and water through weekday Blessing Boxes. Community Ministries also supports monthly mobile pop-up food markets in five Birmingham neighborhoods, Weekend Buddy Bags fo…

205-933-3726 Blessing Box assistance: weekdays 10:00 AM-4:00 PM at Community Ministries. Donation drop-off: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:30 PM at the Community Ministries entrance on 31st Street South; call 205-933-3725 to coordinate.
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Food pantry

Jesus House Birmingham Monthly Food Distribution

First-Saturday Grocery Distribution

213 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35204

Birmingham · Alabama

Monthly grocery distribution at Jesus House Birmingham, a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. The direct church site confirms the exact campus and contact information, and current local reporting…

205-201-4093 First Saturday of each month, noon-2:00 PM. Confirm holiday or weather changes with the church before traveling.
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Foodbank

Jesus is Lord Ministry

Food Pantry in Birmingham

4911 52 Street, Birmingham, AL 35215

Birmingham · Alabama

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Food pantry

New Pilgrim Baptist Church Bread of Life Ministry

Church Food Pantry and Community Food Access

708 Goldwire PL SW, Birmingham, AL 35211

Birmingham · Alabama

New Pilgrim Baptist Church identifies Bread of Life as one of its ministries and has a longstanding community food-service role. The campus also hosts separately announced mobile grocery-market events; visit…

205-326-0923 The current church site does not publish a recurring pantry schedule. Call the church before visiting. A separate Live HealthSmart Mobile Market periodically visits this campus, but it is a paid grocery market and is not the same as free pantry service.
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