The Eastridge Food Pantry’s mission is to provide food to families and individuals in need in Lincoln.

Shopping

Drive-thru box service will be available on Sundays from 1:00-3:00. No appointments are necessary. Please follow the signs to follow the flow of traffic. Please stay in your vehicle and our volunteers will load the box for you. Only one box will be provided per family. One adult from each household requesting a box MUST be present to receive a box, unless you have a signed proxy form from that individual. Proxy forms are available from the pantry.

In-person shopping will only be available on Wednesdays from 4:00-7:00 pm. Appointments are required for in-person shopping.
Shoppers request appointments by:

• • Calling 531-254-5405 and leaving a voice message. The message is sent to epcpantry@gmail.com and a volunteer will contact you within 3 business days. The phone number will be a blocked ID.

• • Emailing epcpantry@gmail.com to request a shopping appointment.

• • Using the following sign-up link: https://southwoodlutheran.ivolunteer.com/epcps22
    (You can only sign-up one household at a time using the link.)

Appointments

• Day-of appointments must be created prior to 11am on the days the pantry is open.
• 15 minutes to shop in the pantry
• Not allowed into the pantry until scheduled time

• Online sign-ups will be posted as soon as the previous week’s appointments are filled.
• All shoppers must shop no more than twice per month
• All shoppers must sign up 1 person per appointment
• All shoppers must use their full name when signing up
• No in-person pantry shopping on Sundays. Sunday distributions will be for drive-thru boxes of food only.
• Pantry is associated with Food Bank of Lincoln and follows Food Bank’s procedures for closure due to weather or community pandemic situation.

If you’re in need of food in-between your pantry shopping appointments, check out this link with information about the Food Bank’s mobile food distribution schedule:

Please continue to check our Facebook page  for updates and other resource information.

Supporting the Pantry

While the pantry always needs food, cleaning products, and personal care items, the greatest need that the pantry has is for more volunteers.

Volunteers do a variety of tasks every week:

1. 1. A group of volunteers meets the Food Bank truck on Tuesdays, when a stocking crew unpacks boxes of food and fills empty or depleted shelves with food. 
   2. On Thursdays, two shifts of 2-3 people each fill up the boxes that will be distributed to the cars that participate in the drive through distribution. Our distribution numbers are such that we need roughly 50 boxes to be filled by each shift (100 boxes total).
   3. Finally, on Wednesdays and Sundays, we need volunteers to help with the food distribution
      (Wednesdays from 4–7 in-person shopping, and Sundays from 1–3 drive-through.
      
      As you can tell, it takes a rather large village to take care of the pantry!

The biggest need for volunteers on a weekly basis is for box fillers Thursdays, and for food distribution on Wednesdays and Sundays. You can sign up to help here:

The Eastridge Food Pantry’s mission is to provide food to families and individuals in need in Lincoln.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

It is operated as a local outreach program by churches in southeast Lincoln.

The Pantry receives financial support and food donations, as well as volunteer assistance, from other churches, including: First Evangelical, Aldersgate United Methodist, First Covenant , Good Shepherd Presbyterian, Heritage Presbyterian, the Unitarian Church, Order of the Red Grail, and Vine Congregational.

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