If you’re looking for hope,this is it.
Hope on the Block provides free food, hygiene supplies, and community meals to neighbors in need — every week, year-round, no questions asked.
2
Community pantries
~150
Meals every Friday
24/7
Pantry access, year-round
2022
Founded on the block
Community care for Fond du Lac, by people who live here.
Our community pantries are stocked and accessible 24/7, year-round — so support is always there when someone needs it. If you need it, take it. If you have extra, leave it.
We launched our first pantry in August 2022 in front of the Fond du Lac Public Library. Since then, we’ve grown to two pantry locations, a weekly Friday Meal serving around 150 people, and the Hamilton Park Community Garden.
Join our teamHow we serve Fond du Lac.
FDL Community Pantry
Free food and hygiene essentials at 19 W. 1st Street — stocked by neighbors, open 24/7.
Visit the pantry →North FDL Pantry
Same free essentials, same 24/7 access — at the Spillman Public Library, closer to home for north-side neighbors.
Visit the pantry →Friday Meal
Every Friday at 5 PM at Cathedral of St. Paul — about 150 free hot meals, cooked and served by volunteers.
Learn more →Hamilton Park Garden
A community garden growing fresh produce for the pantries and neighbors, all season long.
Learn more →“You fed me a few nights when I would have had nothing else. I’m on a better road now.”— A neighbor, from a note left at the pantry
Real Fridays. Real shelves.
How to make a difference.
Cook a Friday Meal
Shop, cook, and serve a meal for about 150 neighbors. Kitchen and supplies provided — great for groups of 3–4.
Sign up →Volunteer
Organize a supply drive, stock a pantry, or help where the need is greatest. No application, any schedule.
Learn more →Donate
Your gift keeps the pantries stocked and the Friday Meal running. Every dollar goes directly to the community.
Give now →Sponsor a week
Businesses and organizations can sponsor a Friday Meal for $300. We handle everything — you get the credit.
Sponsor →Hope lives in this community. Help us keep it there.
Whether you give an hour or a hundred dollars, your contribution matters. Every pantry item, every meal, every Friday — it adds up.