The Pantry offers an ever-changing selection of food and personal hygiene items. It is open Wednesdays and Saturdays 9am to 11am. Our pantry is supplied by St. Francis Shelter's involvement with the Southern Arizona Community Food Bank reclaiming private and public donations of non-perishable food and money.
Our food pantry serves approximately 120 people each week, enabled by our partnership with the Feed America program through the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. This allows us to offer meats, produce, dairy and bakery goods along with non-perishable items.
Also available are personal hygiene items as well as pet food.
We welcome donations of new and clean used clothing items which are made available to our guests in need.
In addition to grocery items, we provide meal kits to those who have no means of preparing food. Each kit contains a days worth of shelf stable items.
Between 6:30am and 12:30pm, the first, second, and 4th Wednesdays per month, a fully licensed mobile integrated health services clinic is provided, located near the park at 601 E Fort Lowell Rd, Tucson, AZ 85705. Wellness on Wheels, a Cope Community Services offering, provides primary care and preventative care services to Tucson's most vulnerable, in addition to an array of services geared toward those living on the streets. On the third Wednesday of the month, this service is offered at 10500 E Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson, AZ 85749, between 6:30am and 12:30pm. For more information, please visit www.copecommunityservices.org.
Our Winter Soup Service serves about 3500 bowls of hot soup during the colder months from November through March. Soup and and hot cocoa are provided by Caridad Community Kitchen. We also supply water and cold weather supplies such as hats, gloves and blankets.
Our Summer Cooling Center is operational from june through September utilizing the community room at the Ward 3 council offices. The center allows people to come in off the street to get a respite from the heat. It is open each afternoon, Monday through Friday. There are tables and chairs for work and relaxation as well as cots for napping. We provide sack lunches, snacks, water, hygiene supplies 3some limited clothing. We offer referral information for health care, housing and other needs. As many of our guests have four-legged companions, the Cooling Center is pet friendly.
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