Our Daily Bread of Bradenton

At Our Daily Bread, we are committed to supporting seniors, families and individuals in need throughout Bradenton. In a community where 44% of households are struggling to meet basic needs. Our cornerstone program is a local soup kitchen that serves a hot, nutritious midday meal from 10:00am till 11:30am every day of the week. In 2024 we served 75,146 meals- a 16% increase from last year. We are a volunteer-powered organization, proudly operating without any administrative or fundraising expenses. Last year we had 15,572 volunteer hours were generously donated. We have only a small part-time staff to operate the kitchen

In addition to the soup kitchen we have a client-choice food pantry, designed like a small grocery store to provide accessible to nutritious foods in a dignified empowering way Clients can select the items of produce, frozen meats and canned food they need to best for their family Our pantry is open on Mon. and Fri from 8:30am till 11:00an In 2024 we served 18,998 clients supporting a total of 44,184 family members a 42% increase from the previous year. In total we handle more than 1.5 million pounds of food through both programs in 2024 Maximizing the impact and minimizing waste to meet the bascic nutritional needs of our neighbors.