Meals in a Box ยท Orange County, California

No veteran should go hungry at home.

We help people, service clubs and groups collect food for Orange County’s homeless veterans. You gather it, we pick it up, and it goes straight to the people who need it.

Photo: volunteers packing boxes of food
3,500

Roughly 3,500 veterans are homeless in Orange County. Every can, bag and box collected helps put a meal in front of one of them.

The challenge

One can, bag, box or truckload

Turn your next meeting, party, school event or office day into a food drive. Pick the size that fits your group.

One canEvery person brings one item.
One bagA family or a small team fills a grocery bag.
One boxA club or classroom fills a box.
One truckloadA company, church or school goes all in.
How it works

Three simple steps

1

Tell us about your drive

Let us know your group, your date and roughly how much you hope to collect.

2

Collect the food

Ask for non-perishable, ready-to-eat items. We’ll send you a list of what’s most needed.

3

We pick it up

Our volunteers collect it from you and deliver it to veterans in need.

Host a drive

Schools, offices, churches, clubs and neighborhoods: pick a date, collect non-perishable food, and we’ll arrange the pickup.

Volunteer

Help with pickups, sorting and deliveries, or organize a drive where you work, worship or study.

Our sponsor

A project of the Rotary Club of Newport Beach

Meals in a Box is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Newport Beach, a Rotary Global Service Club, and powered by local organizations and neighbors who care about the veterans in our community.

Meet the Rotary Club of Newport Beach