WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO
Food Bank ServicesWho We Are & What We Do
Our Community Services Department provides a wide variety of holistic support systems, designed to meet the specific needs of the community where we live. While traditionally this has included such things as emergency groceries as well as vouchers for clothing and household supplies, The Salvation Army Community Services continues to innovate and evolve to the meet the changing needs of those in our community.
Food Bank Services
The Salvation Army provides assistance to families and individuals with non-perishable food items, frozen meat products, dairy items, bread products and fresh fruits and vegetables when available on a monthly basis
Our ‘Shopping Room’ is a model of emergency food distribution that enables individuals to select their own food, much like a grocery store. Shopping room pantries allow individuals the ability to chose from a wide variety of foods, better enabling persons to meet their personal dietary needs.
The Shopping Room Model offers others advantages, including:
– a sense of dignity for participants and their families
– higher satisfaction with the food they are able to choose
– less waste and ultimately better use of food provided
– greater opportunities for volunteers and participants to interact
– more social, supportive relationship opportunities
