November 2026 · 5 min read

This Saturday, Nov 7: Food4SA Turkey Collection at H-E-B College Park (10 AM–2 PM)

This Saturday, November 7, 2026 is the first Food4SA Turkey Collection of the season — 10:00 AM–2:00 PM at H-E-B College Park, 7330 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249. November is Food4SA month at the San Antonio Food Bank, the annual drive that stocks the holiday distributions, and Saturday is the easiest day of the month to take part: buy a turkey or drop off nonperishable food on the spot, and it goes toward a San Antonio family's holiday table. Here is how Saturday works, the two collection days after it, and — if you're the neighbor who needs food this year — where to eat today, Thursday Nov 5.

Saturday, Nov 7: the first Turkey Collection

Food4SA is the San Antonio Food Bank's annual November campaign (Nov 1–30) — schools, churches, businesses and neighbors fill Food4SA bags and run food and fund drives so the Food Bank's warehouse is stocked for the holiday season and the winter beyond it. The Turkey Collection days are the public drop-off days built around one simple item: a frozen turkey for a family that would otherwise go without one.

• When: Saturday, November 7, 2026, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM — a four-hour window, so don't leave it to the last half hour.
• Where: H-E-B College Park, 7330 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249.
• What to bring: a turkey bought on the spot, or nonperishable food from home — the collection takes both.
• One honest note: this is a drop-off for givers, not a pickup line. There is no turkey to collect on Saturday — the turkeys collected become the holiday distributions listed on our holiday meals page. If your family needs food, the help further down this page is open today.

Can't make Saturday? Two more collection days

The collection repeats Saturday, November 14 at H-E-B Leon Springs (24165 I-10, Suite 300, San Antonio, TX 78257) and Sunday, November 22 at all area H-E-B Plus! stores. Food4SA bags can also be picked up at the Food Bank itself, and nonperishable drop-offs are accepted at Security Service Federal Credit Union branches all month. The full campaign is in our Food4SA guide.

Next week is Veterans Day — and registration is still the move

Veterans Day is Wednesday, November 11. The biggest grocery help that day — Feed the Force: 1,000 free Family Grocery Boxes (up to 50 meals each) for veterans and military families connected to Joint Base San Antonio, drive-thru at Frost Bank Center, Nov 11, 1:00–4:00 PM — requires advance registration, and there is no walk-up line. Full details are in yesterday's post: register now for a free Veterans Day grocery box. Walk-in restaurant meals for veterans are in our Free Veterans Day Meals guide.

Need food today? Thursday, Nov 5 — 30 places serve on Thursdays

Our directory lists 30 places with Thursday serving hours. Start with the one that only opens today:

Coker Food Pantry (Coker Methodist Church) — 231 E North Loop Rd, San Antonio, TX 78216 (210-494-3455)
One of the city's largest weekly pantries, serving about 350 families each Thursday by drive-through: Thursdays 11:00 AM–2:00 PM, registration from 8:00 AM. Valid ID and a completed application; first come, first served; open to all San Antonio ZIP codes. Note for your calendar: Coker is closed on Thanksgiving (Thursday, Nov 26) — so the Thursdays to use it are Nov 5, 12 and 19.

Baptist Temple Church Food Distribution Center — 901 E Drexel Ave, San Antonio, TX 78210
Free groceries Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM (call to confirm — hours vary by listing).

Weekday regulars open today include Christian Assistance Ministry — Northwest Campus — 5084 DeZavala, San Antonio, TX 78249, Monday–Thursday 9:00 AM–2:00 PM, so today is its last day this week (210-697-5771); San Antonio Food Bank — Client Services — 5200 Historic Old Hwy 90, San Antonio, TX 78227, Monday–Friday 8:00 AM–5:00 PM (210-431-8326); Catholic Charities — Guadalupe Community Center — 1801 W Cesar E Chavez Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78207, drive-through Monday–Friday 8:30 AM–5:00 PM (210-226-6178); and Presa Community Center Emergency Food Pantry — 3721 S Presa St, San Antonio, TX 78210, Monday–Friday 8:30 AM–5:00 PM (210-532-5295).

Hot meals today: Faith Kitchen at Haven for Hope (78207) serves three free hot meals every day of the year — breakfast 7:00–8:00 AM, lunch 11:30 AM–12:30 PM, dinner 5:00–6:00 PM, open to all (210-220-2100). Corazón Day Center (78215) serves a hot lunch 12:00–1:00 PM, Monday–Friday (210-238-5958), and Christian Assistance Ministry hands out sack lunches 9:00–11:00 AM, Monday–Saturday (210-223-4099). Tonight, Communities Under the Bridge serves a hot dinner 6:00–7:00 PM, as it does every evening (210-569-4026).

The full Thursday list — all 30 places with set hours, plus weekly pantries — is on our free food on Thursday page, and the find food map searches by your ZIP.

Need food right now?

The Open Right Now page checks today's hours for you, and the four-question food quiz points you to the places that fit your situation. Prefer a person? Call 2-1-1 any time — free, confidential, 24/7.

Sources: Food4SA Turkey Collection dates, times and places (Nov 7 College Park, Nov 14 Leon Springs, Nov 22 all area H-E-B Plus!) are from the San Antonio Food Bank (Nov. 2, 2026); the Food4SA campaign (Nov 1–30) is from the Food Bank's official site (safoodbank.org). The Nov. 11 Feed the Force distribution (1,000 boxes, advance registration required, Joint Base San Antonio eligibility) is from the event partners' announcements — Spurs Sports & Entertainment, USAA and Mercy Chefs (late October 2026). Thursday serving days, hours, and phone numbers are from the San Antonio Free Meals verified directory (132 listings), checked against each organization's own page. Hours change — call before you go. Checked November 5, 2026.