No one fighting for their life should also fight hunger.
SOS Hands delivers free groceries to cancer families and neighbors in need across Kern County — every week, with love.
SOS Hands delivers free groceries to cancer families and neighbors in need across Kern County — every week, with love.
SOS Hands is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Bakersfield, California. We show up where hunger meets hardship: at the AIS Cancer Center, where families in the Hope and Esperanza support groups receive grocery bags full of fresh food — and on the streets, where our volunteers hand hot meals to neighbors with nothing. Every bag is packed with dignity. Every delivery is personal. Because nobody should face illness or hardship on an empty stomach.
Real volunteers. Real families. Real food. This is SOS Hands.
This is the reason we do this work. Watching our families ring the bell — free from cancer — is why SOS Hands shows up every week with groceries, hugs, and hope.

A bag of groceries. A night without hunger. A family that knows they're not alone. Your gift goes directly to families — every dollar, every time. Donate in seconds with Zelle: scan the QR code or send to soshands.org@gmail.com.
We'd love to hear from you — whether you need help, want to volunteer, or want to give. Reach out, and a real neighbor will answer.
2141 S. Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93304 | EIN 93-3962347
Open today | 10:00 – 17:00 |
SOS Hands is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Bakersfield, California (EIN 93-3962347). Our mission is simple: no one fighting for their life should also fight hunger.
Every week, our volunteers deliver free groceries to cancer families through the Hope and Esperanza support groups at the Adventist Health AIS Cancer Center. We hand hot meals to unhoused neighbors through street outreach, and we hold free community food distributions open to everyone — because hunger doesn't check paperwork.
Our programs: Groceries for Cancer Families (fresh groceries delivered weekly to families at the AIS Cancer Center); Street Outreach (hot meals and food bags for unhoused neighbors); Community Distributions (free food distributions open to all, funded in part by our annual TNT fireworks fundraiser); and Octubre Rosa (Nourishment and Care Bags for women undergoing chemotherapy).
We focus our work on three groups: women farmworkers, women reentering society after jail, and women and families facing cancer.
SOS Hands is volunteer-powered and community-funded. Every donation goes directly to families in need. We serve Kern County, California.

Fresh groceries — eggs, bread, produce, pantry staples — delivered to families at the Adventist Health AIS Cancer Center through the Hope and Esperanza support groups.

Hot meals and food bags for our unhoused neighbors, handed out with respect and a smile. Mercy doesn't wait for an address.

Free food distributions open to everyone — because hunger doesn't check paperwork. Every summer, our TNT fireworks stand helps fund this work.
Every week in Bakersfield, families facing cancer wonder how they'll put food on the table. Sign up to hear their stories, see your kindness in action, and join our grocery runs and fundraisers. Compassion changes lives — one family at a time.
We would love to meet you — visit us during office hours.
SOS Hands respects your privacy. When you contact us through our website form, we collect your name, email address, and any message you send. When you donate, our donation processors (Zeffy and PayPal) handle your payment information under their own privacy policies — we do not store your card details. We use your contact information only to respond to you, send updates you signed up for, and operate our nonprofit programs. We never sell or rent your personal information. Contact: SOS Hands, 2141 S. Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93304 | soshands.org@gmail.com | 661-436-9470.
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