Join Feed a Neighbor Fund
Gaps in funding mean less meals. Give $47 a month to help Chicago seniors maintain dignity.
1 in 6 Chicago seniors faces hunger, and funding gaps have already forced cuts to meal deliveries. We need your help to keep up with growing need. After paying for fixed expenses, the majority of seniors we serve have only $47 a week for food, medicine, and personal care. Your monthly gift helps provide steady support for older adults across our city.
Monthly donors are the heart of our mission. Your steady support helps ensure older adults across Chicago receive the nutritious meals and wellness checks they need to stay nourished, cared for, and independent.
Why $47?
After fixed expenses, many seniors have just $47 a week for food, medicine, and personal care. Your monthly gift helps close that gap.
Steady Monthly Support
Seniors face hunger every day. Monthly giving helps provide consistent meals, wellness checks-ins, and connection seniors can count on month after month, all year round.
Support Stays Local
Hunger doesn’t happen somewhere far away; it affects people in our neighborhoods every day. The Feed a Neighbor Fund gives Chicagoans a simple way to step up and help their neighbors.
“I just can’t move around like I used to and standing over the stove hurts my back so much. I may never meet the people who help me. But I want them to know that I certainly appreciate their kindness.”
– Harriet
Some of Our Neighbors Who Need Your Help
“I can’t walk, so anytime I want to get out I have to call the fire department to take me downstairs and bring me upstairs. I only get out maybe two times a month. So I’m basically stuck in my house. I could not eat without Meals on Wheels.”
– Nathaniel
“In order to keep the program going, people have got to donate… If you want to keep any doors open, these are the doors you want to keep open.”
– Eric
Eric is a regular at Nourish Chicago Pantry. He is also a veteran who served during the Vietnam War.
“I was in the hospital with double pneumonia and almost died. I told God that my two boys still needed me to take care of them – so he sent me home! But I couldn’t cook for myself anymore. I am blessed to have the support of Meals on Wheels Chicago.”
– Sunny
“The cancer is what really destroyed me. I got weaker, and now I’m anemic. I’m always cold, and now I have to go for iron transfusions. But getting meals has really helped, and I’ve become good friends with my delivery driver Jesse. He’s very nice, very helpful. He’s just a good guy.”
– Joanne
Our programs create community and connection.
Become the Neighbor Who Keeps
Showing Up
$23/month
Helps deliver nourishing meals and critical wellness checks.
$47/month
Become a Signature Feed
a Neighbor Fund donor.
$94/month
Provides dependable, ongoing support for neighbors who rely on us to survive.
Other amount
Give at the level that is right for you. Every dollar makes a difference.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Because many Chicago seniors have just $47 a week left for food, medicine, and personal care after paying for essentials. A $47 monthly gift turns that reality into a direct act of care.
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Monthly gifts helps provide reliable support to seniors facing hunger throughout the year.
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Yes. You always have direct control of your giving plan through a link in your gift confirmation email.
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Yes. Your support helps Meals on Wheels Chicago serve seniors and individuals with disabilities in all 77 of the city’s neighborhoods.