Food Security and Community Care

Mobile Food Pantry

Food access is about more than food. It is about dignity, relationships, and knowing that your community will be there.

For more than two decades, NEWCC’s Storehouse of Hope has connected residents with food, essential items, information, referrals, and community support.

Operating as a mobile, outdoor pantry twice each month from March through November, Storehouse of Hope brings resources directly into the community while creating a welcoming and consistent place for neighbors to connect.

The work is powered by an extraordinary network of volunteers—many of whom have served alongside Storehouse of Hope for more than 20 years. Their commitment has helped create something that cannot be measured by pounds of food alone: trust.

Community Care in Action

Storehouse of Hope works through community outreach, advocacy, collaboration, and long-standing relationships to help individuals and families meet immediate needs while staying connected to resources that support longer-term well-being.

Our approach recognizes that food security is connected to health, housing, transportation, digital access, aging, and household stability. By listening to residents and working with community partners, we help connect people not only to food, but to a broader network of care.

Serving our Neighbors Since 2005

The first Storehouse of Hope mobilw food pantry was held in 2005. Today, the program continues that commitment through twice-monthly mobile pantry distributions and the volunteers and community partners who make them possible.

Check out this video from Gleaner’s Community Food Bank interviewing our Operating Director, Reverend Joan Ross: