The Southern Illinois Collaborative Kitchen provides backing funds to create and sustain Meal Banks at our partnering restaurants. We guarantee 25 meals a week that can be accessed free of cost. That means anyone can get a Pay-What-You-Can meal as long as there are meals in the bank. Patrons who would like to support the program can choose to make a donation for their meal. Donations are not required! But donations add more meals to the bank that others will be able to access. Currently, our meals cost about $6, this means a donation of $6 completely covers the cost of the meal and a donation of $12 covers the meal cost PLUS adds another meal to the bank.

*All donations made at a partner restaurant go to fill up their meal bank. Once their bank is full, additional funds go to help start new Meal Banks around Southern Illinois