What We Do

Montana Veterans Meat Locker has been giving quality meat away to Montana’s Veterans and their families for more than 6 years.

Our Mission

The Veterans Meat Locker provides free professionally processed wild and domestic meat for Veterans and their family. ALL Veterans qualify with proof of service.

Our organization is made up of ALL VOLUNTEERS with NO PAID POSITIONS. This was made possible due to the great hunters and ranchers in Montana. The wild game and domestic animals are taken to processors throughout Montana. We raise money to pay for the processing and pick up the meat from the processors once finished. The meat is stored frozen and distributed to Veterans at meat giveaways or on an as-needed basis. This is a THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE and NOT a handout. We strongly encourage all Veterans — please come and receive this gift. The Veterans must be able to provide valid proof (VA card, DD214, any other valid form) of being a Veteran. Once proof is displayed, we furnish the Veteran with an ample amount of meat, free of charge, to sustain him or her for a couple weeks.

“I can think of several hundred ideas why the Meat Locker is great. It’s an awesome opportunity to be able to mingle with a Veterans’ organization. And also, the variety of meat and the generosity of it, just giving and asking nothing in return, they’re just good people.”

— Tanner, Yellowstone County, MT

What We’ve Achieved

  • Over 200,000 pounds of meat given to Veterans free of charge.

  • More than 13,000 Veterans served in Montana.