First Missionary Baptist Church

Meeting with Terri Lewis—First Missionary Baptist Church
June 8, 2010
(540)639-5144(h) (540)230-1862(c)
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About
First Missionary Baptist Church is host to an emergency assistance food pantry, located in their basement. The food pantry has no requirements to qualify for assistance and will assist anyone with food needs. There are no regular hours of operation as food is given on an “as needed” base. They serve around ten households a month and have about three clients they would consider as “regulars”. For the most part their pantry is used as a one-stop-shot for food assistance. They are also very good about referring the people they serve to other organizations that might be able to assist better than themselves.

Food
Most of their donations come from the congregation of the church in monetary and food form.

Partners
-Emergency Task Force Fund Pulaski—They take donations for utility assistance.
-Salvation Army—They send volunteers for various projects throughout the year.

Resources
They have a number of volunteers that they said would be willing to assist other programs.

Needs
Would like to join with other organizations.
May benefit from partnering with other Second Harvest agencies for orders. (They are not an agency).