Emergency Food

WUMCO maintains a food pantry, providing mostly non-perishable and frozen foods to needy people in the WUMCO area. Our cupboard is stocked primarily through food drives conducted year-round by various churches, schools, Scout troops, groups of employees and others. Meat lockers contribute frozen meat in quantity from time to time. Supplies thus provided are supplemented by purchase as the need arises. During 2005, WUMCO provided 12,103 lbs. of food to needy people in the WUMCO area.

Volunteers pack and deliver basic food packages to needy families. These packages generally include frozen meat, canned goods (tuna, vegetables and fruit), pasta and bread, as well as other items as they may happen to be available. These are augmented to meet particular family needs, such as baby formula and diapers.

We impose no rigid restrictions on frequency of assistance with food, but are governed by individual circumstances.