Emergency Community Food Pantry of
Franklin County Celebrates 40 Years of Community Support
Since
1981, the Emergency Community Food Pantry of Franklin County has provided food
support to community members through a vital network of churches, community
organizations and social service agencies. In the past 10 years alone, more
than 1,710,000 meals have been distributed to those experiencing hunger.
The
Emergency Community Food Pantry of Franklin County is entirely volunteer run,
from administrative tasks to the daily work of filling food requests. The food
distributed is paid for by donations and grants, donated by local farmers, and
collected from local food businesses.
Requests
for food assistance are submitted by partner organizations and churches and
vetted by the Resource Office for Social Ministries. The Emergency Community
Food Pantry could not do its work without ROSM’s administrative support and the
work of its many partner organizations. We are especially thankful to the
partners who accept food applications from anyone in Frankfort and Franklin
County: Buck Run Baptist Church, Capital City Christian Church, First Christian
Church, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Memorial Baptist Church, Point Community
Church, Salvation Army and Simon House. Anyone in need of food can contact one
of these organizations to be connected to the Emergency Community Food Pantry’s
services.
True
to the original vision of the Emergency Community Food Pantry by social-service
professionals Jane Quire, Terri Fadse and Allice LeMaster in 1981, the
organization distributes one week’s worth of meals to individuals and families
as requested. Additionally, families with very young children may receive
vouchers to purchase groceries from Save-A-Lot and, since 2019, from the
Franklin County Farmers Market. More recently, the Emergency Community Food
Pantry has expanded outreach with mini-meal distributions to families through
the Backpack Snacks Program, a fresh-food “prescription” program with the
Franklin County Health Department and Mission Clinic, and annual neighborhood
food drop-offs, bringing fresh and packaged foods into areas with high levels
of food insecurity.
Inaugural Debbie Young Award
In
honor of Debbie Young, a longtime volunteer who passed away this year, the
Emergency Community Food Pantry has established the Debbie Young Award to
recognize community members who help to advance the organization’s
hunger-relief mission.
The
inaugural Debbie Young Award is being given to the entire team of volunteers
who have worked with the Emergency Community Food Pantry throughout the
uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 60 volunteers have given their
time filling food requests, organizing and staffing neighborhood food
drop-offs, picking up food donations, stocking pantry shelves, maintaining the
food pantry building, and other tasks. The 2021 Debbie Young Award is given in
honor of each of them and in memory of Debbie Young and Tom Cockley.
For
more information about the Emergency Community Food Pantry of Franklin County
and to make a donation, visit FrankfortFoodPantry.org and find the organization
on Facebook, @FoodPantryOfFranklinCounty.
Thanks for visiting the Emergency Community Food Pantry website. We hope your interest evolves into a desire to help us end hunger in Franklin County KY.
This pantry is operated by over 50 volunteers; it has no paid staff. Generous people in churches, social groups, businesses and concerned neighbors, like you, donate groceries and/or money to keep the food pantry operating. We invite you to join our team in any way you can. Please see our web page How You Can Help above.
You can begin to help feed the hungry by joining one or both of the following free donation programs below. When you shop at either location, Kroger and Amazon will donate cash to the Food Pantry. It will cost you nothing! and it will help us buy groceries.
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Emergency
Food Pantry
PO Box 48
102 Lakeview Court
Frankfort, KY 40601