Franklin County Food Pantry
The Franklin County Food Pantry’s mission is to distribute supplemental food to the most vulnerable citizens of Franklin County.
Hunger and inadequate nutrition leaves adults and children vulnerable to poor health and chronic diseases, including depression. By helping get healthy food to hungry families our community is able to address the problem.
The successful operation of a food pantry obviously depends upon a regular supply of donated food products and funding. We would like to thank the Americas Second Harvest of the Big Bend and the City and County Commissioners for their continued support.
However, in order for a food pantry to serve the needs of those families and individuals that are less fortunate, we need cash donations as well.
At the same time, recent contributions to Food Banks and other emergency providers of free and low-cost food have been stretched. It is only through our partnership with local churches, schools and caring individual donors that we are able to continue the operation of our local food pantry.
How You Can Help
VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL FOOD PANTRY - ORGANIZE A FOOD DRIVE - DONATE MONEY
Strategic Goals and Objectives
- Develop a diverse and committed core of contributors
- Develop an action plan to attract new contributors and re-engage past contributors.
- Enlarge partners by reaching outside of the community.
- Educate contributors and public about needs with in the county
- Document and share success stories
- Improve processes and distribution systems to provide food where and when it is needed
- Identify any un-served population in the county.
- Collaborate with food pantries and supplemental food agencies in the region.
- Modify location at the Community Service Center to establish new distribution facility
- Strengthen the involvement, development and commitment of committee members, staff and volunteers.
- We must attend to and develop our staff.
- Ensure we have the staff we need in place to achieve our mission.
For more information or to drop off food donations you can call Lori Switzer at 323-0515 or Clarice Powell at 370-6086.
"Neighbors Helping Neighbors"
Spring is just around the corner and we are gearing up for planting in the Food Pantry Community Garden site. As always there is a lot of work that goes into growing fresh healthy organic vegetables. Under the direction of master gardner Jenny Billings the seeds are sprouting and will soon be ready to go into the ground. Many of the patrions of the Food Pantry have been able to receive seasonal fresh vegtables becasue of our partnership with the Community Garden. If you have a green thumb and would like to get involved and help your neighbor at the same time, please contact Jenny Billings at 653-3153.