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Set the table for one more family in need—give today.
The weight of food insecurity becomes heavier during the holidays. Families who have lost everything after a storm, parents struggling to put food on the table for their kids, and individuals in remote regions unsure where their next meal will come from all face this holiday season with uncertainty. In these moments, a hot meal becomes more than nourishment; it becomes comfort, relief, and a reminder that someone sees and cares.
Showing up when it matters most.
Across disaster zones and underserved communities around the globe, Mercy Chefs has spent nearly 20 years setting the table in the heart of the need. What began with a simple call to just go feed people has grown into a mission that has served more than 33 million meals, each one offering dignity, compassion, and hope.
To set the table is to show up when people are hurting. For us, it means offering warmth, love, and care through a chef-prepared meal. As we enter this holiday season, Mercy Chefs is ready to set the table again for one more family, one more neighborhood, and one more community in need.
Stories from around the table.
Beyond our own backyard, the need stretches across the globe. This year, Creative Director Craig Wishart traveled with our Global team from Ukraine to Northern Uganda and deep into the Hindu Kush Mountains of Northwestern Pakistan. As he reflects on these experiences, he shares, “Setting the table for these people is lifting them up and saying, ‘You’re not alone in this.’”
Each table set and each meal shared, whether amid conflict, poverty, or isolation, became a moment of dignity and connection.
Holding onto holiday traditions.
Over the weekend, our Nashville Community Kitchen partnered with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools to provide 800 Holiday Family Grocery Boxes to students and families facing food insecurity. Each box included everything needed for a full Thanksgiving meal, along with baking ingredients for festive desserts.
These boxes brought the warmth of a home-cooked meal and a chance to hold onto cherished holiday traditions at a time when budgets are stretched thin. As Mercy Chefs continues holiday distributions nationwide, will you help more families experience dignity around their tables this season?
A moment of joy and comfort.
Fifteen months after Hurricane Helene, our Western North Carolina Beacon of Hope Kitchen brought warmth and comfort to a community still rebuilding. At a local elementary school in Black Mountain, we set the table for teachers and staff with hot meals and grocery gift cards. Students were welcomed to a joyful Christmas celebration, each receiving brand-new toys and backpacks filled with nutritious, easy-to-make meals and treats—small gifts that brought big smiles.
Thank you for helping us continue to set the table and bring care and holiday cheer to communities healing from disaster.
Your gift makes it possible.
Your generosity equips our chefs, volunteers, mobile kitchens, and global partners to reach the hardest-hit and hardest-to-reach places. You make it possible to provide meals that restore dignity and remind people that they are not alone.
Together, we can set the table for those who are hungry and searching for hope this holiday season.
Setting the table, near and far.
Every offering in our 2025 Mercy Chefs Gift Catalog sets a table in a place where resources are scarce and hope is fragile. From hot, chef-prepared meals for disaster victims through our Beacon of Hope Kitchens to Christmas boxes filled with treats and toys for children in war-torn regions, your support brings nourishment and care to those in need. See how your gift can extend hope here at home and around the globe today!
