In August 2003, Second Harvest rolled out the Mobile Pantry Program. In partnership with a member agency, food from the Second Harvest warehouse is trucked to a neighborhood site at a prescheduled time for immediate distribution to residents. The program provides additional food to those in need and gives Second Harvest a valuable channel to increase distribution of perishable food items to ensure that good food will not go to waste. The Mobile Pantry increased its distribution 42% to over 1 million pounds of food last year and is serving hundreds of people with each scheduled visit.

The current location for the Mobile Pantry is being held once a month at the Sunshine Place location.

NEXT SCHEDULED MOBILE FOOD PANTRY PICK UP

December 16, 2008 (Tuesday)

Pick up of the food will be from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

No registrations will be taken by phone!

Clients who received a "pre-picked number" at the October Mobile Pantry will be served first. At 6 PM others may come and be served if there is any remaining food and receive a number for the next Mobile Pantry (if there are any numbers left).

PLEASE NOTE: It will be a challenge to continue this process during the winter months, so the Pantry will review how the distribution goes in December before determining dates for 2009.

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