A simple way to turn everyday ingredients into a complete meal—and a meaningful way to serve your community.

Meals in a Bag provide families with everything they need to prepare a simple meal at home using shelf-stable ingredients.

Each bag includes a recipe along with the non-perishable ingredients needed to make it. By grouping ingredients together, we can offer more than individual pantry items—we can give families a simple plan for putting a meal on the table.

Choose one of the Meals in a Bag recipes, purchase the ingredients listed, place everything together in a gallon ziplock bag, and include the provided recipe card with easy-to-follow cooking instructions.

HERE you’ll find recipe cards with the ingredients needed for each meal and printable instructions to include in every bag.

 It’s a perfect service project for families and friends, churches and small groups, businesses and coworkers, athletic teams, classrooms and school organizations, Scout troops, youth groups, clubs, and other community groups. Meals in a Bag are an easy, hands-on way for people of all ages to serve together. Gather your group, choose a recipe, collect or purchase the ingredients, and have fun assembling meals that will make a difference for local families.

Looking for a different way to celebrate? Make Meals in a Bag part of a birthday party or gathering and ask guests to bring meal ingredients instead of gifts. It’s a fun way to celebrate while giving back together.

Whether you assemble a few bags as a family or organize a larger collection with your school, church, team, or workplace, every bag helps make mealtime a little easier for a family in our community. One bag. One recipe. One less meal for a family to worry about.

Drop off completed Meals in a Bag to the Refuge to be distributed thru our pantry.