Lamont Harris said he has been serving meals in the community for 20 years, often cooking in his yard on West 5th Street before distributing food where it's needed most.
Crews are hard at work across the region to restore power for thousands of people following strong storms on Monday that caused widespread damage.
More than 65 million people are in the path of severe weather expected to move in Tuesday night and into Wednesday from Houston to Philadelphia.
As a winter storm moves into the region, the likelihood of widespread power outages will depend more on the weight and type of precipitation than on snowfall totals.
California, soaked from days of relentless rain and recovering from mudslides in mountain towns, was hit with another powerful storm Christmas Day that led to evacuation warnings and high surf advisories.
The strong winds were part of a one-two punch of severe weather. Heavy rain earlier in the day caused flooding that slowed the morning commute.