FOOD PANTRY

Resiliency And Regaining Strength

Jordan, a Food Pantry client this past year, is a father of premature twin babies that were in the ICU for months. His wife spent her days at the hospital while he worked part-time and tried to keep everything else afloat.

He shared several times that JFS had saved him when he didn’t know where to turn - the amount of food given and the diapers were huge helps to his family. Between the early birth of their babies and job loss due to pandemic restraints, they were getting further and further in debt. His primary goal was to continue to make mortgage payments, feed his family, and get back to a full-time salaried position where things could be more stable.

The monthly supply of food, along with diapers, wipes, and formula and the connection to our CFS department not only gave his family stability in short-term, but hope that tomorrow would be better. Over time, his babies and wife got stronger and we couldn’t be more proud of the progress they made.

By The Numbers

3,305 households served

12,172 individual clients served

650,506 pounds of food distributed

$25,100 average income of Food Pantry clients

9,082 hours served by volunteers in the COVID-19 Drive-thru Food Distribution

Average of 3 pantry visits per household

146 babies under the age of 2 are served in our Food Pantry each month