Volunteers Are All Heart
One of the main ingredients in the success of St. Louis Area Foodbank and the hundreds of food pantries we work with are the volunteers. We’re not aware of even one food bank or pantry that is able to keep their doors open without the aid of volunteers. In fact, some pantries are all-volunteer led. From the onset of the [...]
Better Family Life | Making Connecting to Resources More Palatable
In 15 weeks, Better Family Life (BFL) has hosted 16 Mobile Markets - either at their base on Page Blvd. or partnering with neighborhood churches in underserved communities across St. Louis. Since 1983, Better Family Life has been working to stabilize inner-city neighborhoods by building strong families and vibrant communities through hope, comprehensive services, and meaningful opportunities. Like a majority [...]
The Need for Food Assistance Across the Region is Skyrocketing
In a typical year, St. Louis Area Foodbank distributes tens of thousands of pounds of food every single day across the bi-state region. Add in the COVID-19 pandemic and an unemployment crisis, the amount of food assistance needed has grown substantially. From March through May 2020, the amount of food we distributed increased by more than 3.2 million pounds compared [...]
Sharing More than Food
Everyday St. Louis Area Foodbank empowers people with food and hope across the bi-state region. We’ve partnered with more than 60 new groups (adding to the more than 550 partners we already work with) since the pandemic struck in March. From March through May 2020, the amount of food we distributed increased by more than 3.2 million pounds compared to [...]
Butterfly Haven Swoops in During Time of Need
Simply stated, Butterfly Haven’s mission is to enrich the lives of children impacted by foster and crisis situations. Families affected by crises such as house fires, mold infestation to domestic violence come to them through recommendations. Transformation However, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the small, all-volunteer organization knew they had to transform during this time to continue helping families however [...]
Shooters Saloon Mobile Market | Elsberry, MO
Great Minds Think Alike Unbeknownst to either of them, one life-long Elsberry, Missouri, resident Kim Jones and one of the newer residents, Tracey Schroeder, had each contacted St. Louis Area Foodbank at practically the same time to find out about bringing food to their community to distribute during the pandemic. They both knew of another area in Lincoln County working [...]
Carbondale Towers | New Partner Spotlight
Seeing the Need Amber, a resident service coordinator with Carbondale Towers in Carbondale, IL, learned about St. Louis Area Foodbank delivering services to the Murphysboro Food Pantry not long ago. She took it upon herself to contact The Foodbank to see if they’d consider driving a few more miles to offer a mobile market to the nearly 300 residents where [...]
Stepping Up to Ease Growing Food Insecurity During the Pandemic
Nearly three in four workers in the U.S. say they’re in debt. Almost three in every 10 U.S. adults have no emergency savings. At all. One in four have a rainy day fund but not enough to cover three months’ worth of living expenses. Upwards of 74 percent of all U.S. workers say they live paycheck to paycheck. And that [...]
Arnold Food Pantry
Since 1983 Arnold Food Pantry has been providing much-needed food to residents of this northern Jefferson County community. And it’s been relying on St. Louis Area Foodbank and others for much-needed food as well as monetary donations to help keep people fed. Tom has been volunteering at Arnold Food Pantry every single day (except for those two days per year [...]
Don’t Be Afraid
On asking for help, Alesia, who stopped by the Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers on Delmar Blvd. during one of their recent Mobile Markets said it best, “If you need it and it’s offered. Take it. Don’t be afraid.” Don’t. Be. Afraid. Yes, asking for help can be difficult, even scary. For some, it’s paralyzing. Asking for help can do all [...]