Give and Take has provided food distribution for 20 years. We have adjusted our days and times over the years. For years we have the food pantry serve 2 times a month. We are only 1 of 2 pantries in our county that serves on a Saturday. We have had up to 42 families of those Saturdays. Our clients are young families, large families, senior citizens, veterans, disabled, families that are blended and helping the older generation of their family, LGBTQ, and occasionally the homeless. Our biggest challenge is having enough food on those pantry days to serve all the families. We do not have enough refrigerators or freezers to have enough fresh produce or frozen meats to meet the needs of the clients. We try to help with personal need items but they are hard to find and afford in the numbers that we need.
This listing was last updated Nov 13, 2023
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Please call 937/594-0756 before you come. The pantry is located inside the Community Thrift Store, so pantry personnel is not always on site.
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