Neighborhood food pantry
Fresh produce, staples and baby supplies every Saturday from 8am. No paperwork, no proof of income, no limit on visits. Bring your own bags if you have them.
Our story
It started with a chest freezer and a clipboard.
In 1998 a group of nine neighbors pooled money for a chest freezer in the back of Second Street Church and started writing down who on the block needed what. That list is still the way we work, just with a bigger building and better record keeping.
Today the alliance runs four programs and employs six people, five of whom grew up within a mile of the pantry. Everyone else here is a volunteer. We stay deliberately small so the answer to "who is my contact?" is always a name and a phone number.
“We are not a charity from somewhere else. We are the people who live here.”
Dolores Santos · executive director
Where a $100 gift goes
- Food, school supplies and garden materials84%
- Keeping the lights on and the doors open11%
- Insurance, audit and admin5%
Audited annually. 990s from the last five years are on file at the front desk, and we will email a copy to anyone who asks.
340 volunteers
Two-hour shifts, training included.
Six blocks
Everything we run is inside that walk.