Mom’s Meals annual Hunger Challenge

Accessing enough nutritious, affordable food is challenging for many Americans. As the most comprehensive provider of food as medicine solutions nationwide, our annual Hunger Challenge initiative aligns directly with our mission of improving life through better nutrition at home.

What is the Mom’s Meals Hunger Challenge?

When someone is nutrition insecure, it directly affects their overall health and well-being. Each year, Mom’s Meals turns to case managers — our partners on the front lines — for our annual Hunger Challenge to help connect clients with quality nutrition. It's a way to use food as medicine.

Case managers are asked to identify clients and other individuals at risk for nutrition insecurity who are not part of a home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver or are unable to access meals through a state or federally funded program. If an individual is eligible, Mom’s Meals will donate a cooler of 14 meals to provide short-term support until other community resources can be identified.

"It’s not just about the number of meals donated, but about ensuring vulnerable individuals have access to the proper nutrition they need to thrive,” shares Mom’s Meals CEO, Chris Choi. “This need only continues to grow, and through our corporate social responsibility efforts, we remain committed to doing our part to end nutrition insecurity in the communities we serve.”

How do I nominate a person to receive meals?

Do you know someone in your community who is at risk for nutrition insecurity and could benefit from receiving meals? Mom’s Meals can help.

• Visit our Hunger Challenge website to complete the request form.
• After you submit the form, we will be in touch to gather more information to determine the eligibility of the person nominated.

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Where food as medicine can make a difference

When nutrition is a component of whole-person care, it can help manage and prevent chronic diseases, improve health outcomes and reduce the total cost of care. Food as medicine can make the biggest difference for those who are managing nutrition-sensitive chronic diseases or have difficulty regularly accessing nutritious food.

This may include individuals recovering at home after a hospital stay, those managing nutrition-sensitive chronic conditions, older adults who have difficulty preparing meals, expecting or new mothers with higher health risks, and people living with mental and behavioral health conditions. By meeting people where they are, food as medicine can make nutritious food a more accessible and practical part of everyday care.

Mom’s Meals corporate social responsibility efforts

Mom's Meals has worked to reduce nutrition insecurity wherever we can because it's an integral part of why we exist as an organization. Our corporate social responsibility efforts are focused on reducing nutrition insecurity by ensuring equitable food access, supporting our communities and engaging employees.