About Us

Our location

We are a 501(c)(3) organization.

We partner with many local organizations including the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southeastern Ohio and Hocking-Athens-Perry Community Action.

Because we seek to overcome the root causes of poverty, we offer a complement of programs to assist our clients, including a

  • Soup Kitchen
  • Choice Pantry
  • Clothing distribution
  • Disaster Relief
  • On-site nurse
  • Food and medicine delivery
  • Agricultural surplus distribution
  • Small home repairs
  • Peer and adult mentors
  • Children's programs
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Job Training

Above all we provide a comfort zone for clients, a safe place for people to come deal with their problems. We help clients deal with bureaucracy, we don't create it.

We are client-run, client-based and client-directed. Our Board of Directors has nine members, seven of whom are clients. Our Director qualifies as a client. All our staff volunteers except two are clients. Each week we ask those present at the soup kitchen for input on meals, jobs, health issues, personal problems, pantry choices, and expose them to opportunities to improve their lives.

We currently serve about 3,000 individuals each year who would otherwise be chronically under served. Our Soup Kitchen is held at Lottridge Community Center (2754 Lottridge Road) each Wednesday from noon to 3:00 pm.

Our Choice Pantry, Little Blessings, Healthy Connections, and other programs are in the old Carthage Township Trustees Building, directly across from the Lottridge Community Center. Our Meigs County outreach program is located in Syracuse, with produce distributions reaching Racine at the Municipal Building.

Our goal is to reach more clients in need and to continue to offer them creative and better programs by strengthening our ties with other helping organizations throughout Athens county and Southeastern Ohio.