Food Pantry

SMUM maintains its program in its capacity as an agency affiliated with the Second Harvest Food Bank. 

The program distributes food to 1800 people a month half of whom are children. Second Harvest delivers food once a month. They used to deliver food twice a month, but they don’t have enough food now to do that. This is a prime example of the trickle-down effect of our current economic problems. Donations are down significantly. The goods from Second Harvest are supplemented by donations from Martha’s Kitchen. Martha’s Kitchen is a downtown ministry that provides cooked meals. Their leftover fresh vegetables, bread, etc. are taken to SMUM daily. Clients have to meet certain qualifications, they can’t just be walk-ins with no documentation. SMUM serves 8 zip codes. The food tends to supplement what the families are able to buy with food stamps. Some families qualify for receiving federal government commodities.

Most of the Welcome Desk Procedures are in support of the program.