Dining Room and Takeout Meal Service

Who is Served? 

Anyone may be our guest for a free meal in our Dining Room or Takeout Service at 501 Second Street between 10:45AM and 12:15PM Monday-Friday. During COVID, we have closed our dining room and exclusively serve takeout meals until it is safe to gather for ALL people, including those most vulnerable to hospitalization and death from COVID-19. 

To pick up your meals, simply come to the door and ask the volunteer present for up to 3 meals. To ensure we are able to serve everyone, we have limited meals to 3 per person. 

We provide meals all weekdays, except New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, and when the Radford City schools close for hazardous weather.

Meals

We prepare one meal each day. Diverse dietary preferences cannot be accommodated with donated food. We do not add salt to dishes prepared in the kitchen. Some canned or packaged items included in prepared meals may already contain salt. Salt and pepper are available on the tables. Fresh fruit is served when available.

Examples of meals are:

- Salisbury Steak on whole wheat bread with gravy, mashed potatoes, greens.

- Barbeque chicken, macaroni and cheese, green beans, roll.

- Cold-cut sandwich, soup, pasta salad, fruit.

Guests may take home bread, baked goods, produce, and other grocery items depending on available supplies. 

Volunteer Activities 

Most dining room volunteers work on scheduled days each week and may work either in food preparation or serving meals.

A Typical Day:

7-8 AM 

Cook arrives, looks at available food, prepares menu and meal.

8-10AM

Volunteers arrive to help cook, prepare individualized Meals on Wheels trays, help drivers load their cars, pick up donated food, stack lunchroom trays with silverware wrapped in a napkin, put out desserts, and put out donated groceries for guests to take home.

10:30-11AM 

Break, if possible.

10:45AM-12:15PM 

Volunteers arrive to serve lunch. Doors open at 10:45AM for lunchroom guests. Volunteers load trays with food, deliver trays to guests, wash and dry dishes.

12:15-1PM 

Volunteers finish washing trays and pots, clean kitchen and lunchroom tables and floors.

The kitchen is closed whenever Radford City schools are closed for hazardous weather. 

Email us at director@radfordfairlawndailybread.org for information about our volunteer positions.