Over 10 Million Meals Served!
Mercy Chefs has delivered aid to over 26 states and nine nations with the help of over 10,000 volunteers!

Meals Served
Mercy Chefs has served over 10,000,000 meals in response to natural disasters, national emergencies and ongoing community outreach.

States Served
Mercy Chefs has provided relief in over 26 states since our founding in 2006.

Volunteers Served
More than 10,000 volunteers have assisted us in providing hot, nutritious meals to people in need.
Our Mission
Just Go Feed People
Mercy Chefs is a faith-based, non-profit disaster relief organization. We exist to serve professionally prepared meals to victims, volunteers and first responders in national emergencies and natural disasters. We are committed to using our resources to meet the needs of others.

Disaster Relief
We respond to natural disasters and national emergencies at a moment’s notice. In our deployments, our professional chefs prepare high-quality, hot meals on a mass scale for victims, first responders and volunteers.
Our team is often one of the first organizations to arrive following a major weather event and is capable of providing 15,000 meals daily to meet the needs of the a devastated community.

Community Outreach
Mercy Chefs’ Co-Founder, Ann LeBlanc, inspired the development of our Community Outreach division. She recognized our organization’s responsibility to put our resources, volunteers and skills to use outside of disasters to feed food-insecure populations across the United States.
In 2019, Mercy Chefs launched its first permanent community kitchen in Portsmouth, Virginia as the model for a program that, in the future, will be replicated nationwide.

International Response
Mercy Chefs’ International Response began in the aftermath of Haiti’s historic earthquake in 2010. From that deployment, our first permanent kitchens were established, along with a training program for local kitchen crews. Mercy Chefs has since developed clean water initiatives during our international projects.
To date, we have provided relief in nine nations following disasters and during critical humanitarian crises.
Take the next step with Mercy Chefs today. Join our team of volunteers.
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Mercy Chefs is fully funded by private donors. We work hard to keep our overhead costs low so we can maximize the impact of every donation given to our ministry. Our family of financial supporters is a vital part of our ministry. Your generosity empowers us to carry out our work and mission.

A Shared Meal
Something Amazing Happens Over a Shared Meal
The first goal in relief work should be to do no harm. The second goal should be to meet the need.

Connection
When people share a meal together, a personal connection is formed on the most basic level, and it serves as a reminder of our shared humanity.

Nutrition
So many of our guests are in shock from traumatic events or suffering from low nutrition due to poverty. We provide them with a nutritious home-cooked meal to help fuel their bodies.

Restoration of Normalcy
For just a moment, our guests can forget about the disruptive events in their lives and be reminded of the small routines that create a sense of normalcy.

Rest
Our guests are given the opportunity to enjoy a meal specially prepared for them and served with love.

Comfort
The compassion shown by our team of professional chefs and volunteers reminds our guests that someone cares for them and brings comfort to their hurting hearts.

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Brings Relief To

Hurricanes

Flooding

National Emergencies

Tornadoes

Earthquakes
