Meals
The Riverbend kitchen
Free hot suppers four nights a week, plus a pantry that sends families home with a full box of groceries.
Read moreA neighbor's welcome
Small kindnesses, warmly multiplied.
Bright Hearth is a community foundation feeding families, sheltering neighbors, and tutoring kids across the Riverbend district. Every gift becomes a warm meal, a safe bed, or an open door.
18,400
meals served last winter
312
families housed this year
94
kids tutored weekly
87¢
of every dollar reaches programs
Why we're here
We believe no neighbor should face a cold night or an empty plate alone.
Bright Hearth started in 2009 with one church basement, a soup pot, and a handful of volunteers. Fifteen years later we run three programs, but the heart is the same: sit with people, learn their names, and help in ways that actually last.
We stay small on purpose. Local decisions, local hands, local trust — that's how a dollar turns into a doorway.
Read our storyWhat we do
See all programsThree programs, one open door
$18,450 raised
Winter fundof our $25,000 goal to keep the kitchen warm through March
Chip in
204 neighbors have given so far. Join them.
I came for a meal on the worst night of my life. I stayed because someone remembered my name the next week.
Marisol VegaKitchen guest, now a Tuesday volunteer
Three warm ways to help
Volunteer
Serve a supper, tutor a child, or drive a pantry run. Two hours a month changes things.
Get in touchHost a drive
Rally your block, office, or class to fill the pantry. We'll send everything you need.
Start a driveStay by the fire with us
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