The Centre For Excellence of Pensacola Community Table
Pantry #11162
The Community Table is The Centre For Excellence of Pensacola's food subsidy program. The Community Table provides families in need with a box of food helping subsidize their grocery budget for the month. We provide meat, vegetables, fruit, and non-perishable items once a month to over 200 families in our community. Through this program we seek to engage our community in a new way, while helping provide for basic needs. Our mission is to provide quality meat and vegetables to families in need in our community without prejudice.
The Community Table serves every individual that comes to our door without discriminating against age, race, gender, or socioeconomic status. In September we served 200 families equaling 653 persons, 169 of which were children and 88 seniors. At the Community Table we seek to give a hand up and not just a hand out by being a connection point for our families to other agencies with resources that they need. We know that we cannot do everything, but by linking arms with others in our community we can bring a unified front serving those families we encounter.
At the Community Table we are always looking for meat, fresh veggies and fruit. These are coveted items among our families and items that they rarely get to enjoy. Hygiene items and cleaning supplies are a special treat and mean the world to our seniors and single mothers. Blankets for winter months are huge for those that can't afford gas for their trailers and can be utilized to bring warmth to several children sharing a bed.
The Community Table is 100% donor funded at the moment and accepts all donations of food and funds.
We can accept food at alternate times, these are just our regular hours of operation. All donations come to our main location at 6847 W. Fairfield Drive, Pensacola FL, 32506. It would be best to call prior to dropping off so we can have our gate, dolly and extra volunteers present to assist with unloading, 850.332.7671.
For those looking to donate goods please call 850.332.7671 to set a drop off / pick up time. We can pick up large donations and are willing to work around donors schedule and times. We rent space from a local church, The Dwelling Place of Pensacola, this is where all donations will be delivered/dropped off.
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