Meeting with Salvation Army

Meeting with Shawn Elliott—Salvation Army
May 11, 2010
10:00am
(540) 394-1037
Shawn_elliott@uss.salvationarmy.org

The Salvation Army has two hunger relief programs a Soup Kitchen and a Food Pantry. The Soup Kitchen is open Monday and Friday from 12-1:30 and is open to anyone. The hours of operation for the Food Pantry distribution are Tuesday-Thursday 10-3, but they can only distribute to their clients once every 2-3 months. They give their clients 1 paper grocery bag full of non perishable groceries and any frozen meat they may have on hand.

Shawn told me that they have pretty much all of their needs met except for food. This is why they distribute the amount they do and how often they do. They have enough storage, but they do not have enough donations or money. In freezer space they have 1 freezer chest, 5 upright freezers and 2 fridge/freezer combos.

Thoughts on Second Harvest Mass Distribution
They like the idea but they need to clear it with the Captain and they were not completely sure about the logistics that Second Harvest laid out. They thought that they could make it work, but it would be easier for them to distribute at their own location. They have everything they need to do it, a truck, volunteers and storage space. They even said they might be able to hold one other pantries freezer goods for a day or two. They were not sure they could do much more than that.