Help With Food

A FOOD PANTRY is an individual site that distributes bags or boxes of food directly to those in need who reside in a specified area. A food pantry is a member agency of, and obtains food from, a food bank. Both food pantries and food banks share the same commitment: to provide food to those in need.

COMMUNITY GARDENS are a great way to increase food security, improve public health, and even reduce crime rates. With a variety of setups, locations, and goals, they can play an important role in making healthy, ethical, and sustainable food available to ever more people.

Senior Community Centers are places for older adults to gather with old friends or make new ones, enjoy a meal, or engage in a variety of activities.

The OPTIONS In-Home Meals Program (home-delivered meals) delivers well-balanced, appetizing meals to adults 60 years of age or older.

COMMUNITY MEALS are hosted by various organizaitons to offer those in need a hot or fulfilling meal

A listing of local and national FOOD RESOURCES for additional food supplemental assistnace

SUMMER MEALS are overseen by the USDA School Food Program and are managed by the various School Districts in Fayette County that provide food to various sites in the community or in school cafeterias.