Programs

BackPack Program

Mobile Pantry

Mobile Pantry

The Mobile Pantry Program is specifically designed to get food to hungry people living in rural areas of the county that may not have transportation or access to one of the Food Bank’s member agencies’ food pantries or soup kitchens. It consists of a truckload of food delivered by the Food Bank to a designated site in an underserved area (an area where there is not a near-by food pantry) for immediate distribution to hungry people.

The Food Bank currently operates Mobile Pantries in Mahoning County through funding from Youngstown Mahoning Valley United Way. The first monthly distribution began in July 2010 at Lakeview Assembly of God in Lake Milton, Ohio, and served 74 people. In October of 2011, 420 people received food at this site. New sites in Goshen and Ellsworth have just been added to the program.

In the near future, we will be expanding the Mobile Pantry Program into rural Trumbull County with funding received from the ConAgra Foods Foundation’s Nourish Our Community program.

Distribution Sites and Times

Lake Milton: 1st Monday of each month from 10 am to noon
Lakeview Assembly of God 17930 Mahoning Ave. Lake Milton, OH 44429
Goshen Township: 2nd Friday of each month from 10 am to noon
Bunker Hill United Methodist Church 15096 W. Middletown Rd. Beloit, OH 44609
Ellsworth Township: 3rd Monday of each month from 10 am to noon
Ellsworth Township Fire Department 6036 South Salem-Warren Road North Jackson, OH 44451