November 2026 · 5 min read

Tomorrow, Saturday Nov 7: Turkey Collection Day — Plus Friday & Weekend Free Food in San Antonio

Tomorrow, Saturday, November 7, 2026 is Turkey Collection day — the first Food4SA Turkey Collection, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM at H-E-B College Park, 7330 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249. If you plan to give, tomorrow is the day. If your family needs food, do not wait for the weekend to thin out: 24 places serve on Fridays, today is the last weekday for the big Monday–Friday pantries, and 10 places serve on Saturdays — including two that only open on Saturday morning. Here is the whole weekend, in order.

Tomorrow, Saturday Nov 7: the Turkey Collection (10 AM–2 PM)

Food4SA is the San Antonio Food Bank's annual November campaign (Nov 1–30), and the Turkey Collection days are its public drop-off days: bring a frozen turkey — bought on the spot at H-E-B or from your own freezer run — or nonperishable food, and it goes toward a San Antonio family's holiday table.

• When: tomorrow, Saturday, November 7, 2026, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM. It is a four-hour window — plan to arrive before 1:30 PM.
• Where: H-E-B College Park, 7330 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249.
• One honest note: this is a drop-off for givers, not a pickup line — there is no turkey to collect tomorrow. The turkeys collected become the holiday distributions on our holiday meals page. Full background is in yesterday's post: the Nov 7 Turkey Collection guide.
• Can't make tomorrow? 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.

Need food today? Friday, Nov 6 — 24 places serve on Fridays

Friday has its own stops — and a short window downtown you do not want to miss:

St. Henry Catholic Church Food Pantry — 1619 S Flores St, San Antonio, TX 78204
The Friday pantry: Fridays 9:00 AM–12:00 PM (call to confirm hours before you go). If you need groceries this week, this morning is its only day.

Christian Assistance Ministry — Downtown Campus — 110 McCullough Ave, San Antonio, TX 78215 (210-223-4099)
Downtown CAM's Friday window is short: Friday 9:30–11:30 AM (Monday–Thursday it runs 9:30 AM–3:00 PM). Sack lunches at the same campus run 9:00–11:00 AM, Monday–Saturday — so that one is there tomorrow too.

Devine Food Pantry Ministry — 309 North Teel, Devine, TX 78016
Friday evening groceries 5:00–7:00 PM, shopping by appointment only — call to book ahead.

Today is also the last weekday for the Monday–Friday regulars until Monday: San Antonio Food Bank — Client Services — 5200 Historic Old Hwy 90, San Antonio, TX 78227, 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 8:30 AM–5:00 PM (210-226-6178); Presa Community Center Emergency Food Pantry — 3721 S Presa St, San Antonio, TX 78210, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM (210-532-5295); and Corazón Day Center (78215), hot lunch 12:00–1:00 PM Monday–Friday (210-238-5958) — so today's lunch is the last one there until Monday.

Hot meals today and every day: Faith Kitchen at Haven for Hope (78207) — breakfast 7:00–8:00 AM, lunch 11:30 AM–12:30 PM, dinner 5:00–6:00 PM, every day of the year (210-220-2100). Tonight, Communities Under the Bridge serves a hot dinner 6:00–7:00 PM, as it does every evening (210-569-4026). The full Friday list is on our free food on Friday page.

Saturday, Nov 7: where to eat (10 places serve on Saturdays)

Giving at the collection is only half of Saturday. If you need food, start early — two Saturday stops are morning-only:

Christ Episcopal Church — Sidewalk Saturday — 510 Belknap Pl, San Antonio, TX 78212
Saturdays 8:30–10:30 AM at the Outreach Pavilion — Saturday is its only day, and it wraps up by mid-morning.

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). Tomorrow is its last day this week.

Also Saturday: SOS Food Bank (256 West Merriweather Street, New Braunfels, TX 78130) does a Saturday bread pickup 9:00–11:00 AM; Faith Kitchen serves its three daily meals; CAM sack lunches run 9:00–11:00 AM; and Taking It to the Streets serves a Saturday-night dinner at 724 Chestnut St, San Antonio, TX 78202 — dinner at 6:00 PM, rain or shine, wrapping up around 8:30 PM, the same spot where Communities Under the Bridge serves nightly. The full list is on our free food on Saturday page and the Saturday map.

Five days out: Veterans Day is Wednesday, Nov 11

Veterans Day is Wednesday, November 11 — five days from today. The biggest grocery help that day, Feed the Force: 1,000 free Family Grocery Boxes for veterans and military families connected to Joint Base San Antonio (Frost Bank Center, Nov 11, 1:00–4:00 PM), is registration-only with no walk-up line — the weekend is the time to register, not next Wednesday. Details: register now for a free Veterans Day grocery box.

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). Friday (24 places) and Saturday (10 places) serving days, hours, and phone numbers are from the San Antonio Free Meals verified directory (132 listings), read live on the site's Friday and Saturday pages, checked against each organization's own page. Hours change — call before you go. Checked November 6, 2026.