Agape Food Pantry at GBUMC

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Our Food Pantry is open Fridays from 3:00 to 6:00 at Great Bridge United Methodist Church.

Estamos abiertos todos los viernes de 3:00 a 6:00 a menos que las escuelas públicas de Chesapeake estén cerradas por el clima.

11/02/2026

Our weekly inventory is finished and can be accessed through the GBUMC website. Most needed items for this week include pop tarts, applesauce cups, canned chicken (12-oz size), canned tuna (5-oz size), and corned beef hash. Thank you for your continuing support.

10/31/2026

At the risk of sounding like a "broken record": food insecurity is VERY real in our community! Just in the month of October we have served 76 households for the first time, and our average weekly attendance has increased over 46% this year! This gives us increasing opportunity to live out the mission statement of Great Bridge United Methodist Church which includes the phrase "...so that no one misses our on the grace of God." Food is not only a basic human need, it is provided by the grace of God.

We NEED your continued support. Please stay tuned for a list of the items we most need for next Friday, November 6.

Friday, October 30, 2026 we served:
Children 79
Adults 137
Seniors 83
TOTAL 299
Households 101 (16 for the first time)

10/27/2026

Food insecurity is real in our community, and indications are it is growing. We are expecting a lot of guests this Friday, October 30, because it is the fifth Friday of the month when many folks' monthly resources to buy food are running especially low. We were surprised by the number of guests we served this past Friday, but are thankful we could provide the same variety of wholesome food to the last guest as we provided to the first.

Over the past few months our weekly average number of households has been 80-85. Last Friday we served 110! Nineteen of these were for the first time, nearly twice the number of new households we have ever seen in a week.

Guest age breakdown:
-Children 96
-Adults 161
-Seniors 75
TOTAL 332

10/26/2026

Our weekly inventory can be accessed through the GBUMC website. Most needed items for this week include pop tarts, canned chicken (12-oz size), canned black beans, instant mashed potatoes, corned beef hash, and lots and lots of chunky soups! Thank you for your continuing support.

10/25/2026

We will be completing our weekly inventory tomorrow, then posting most needed items for this coming Friday. The list is likely to be long, so thankful for your support!

10/23/2026

Freshly picked corn is available at today's Agape Food Pantry. Thanks to our generous donor and to all who picked it, prepped it, and brought it to our Agape Food Pantry!

10/20/2026

Looking ahead to this Friday, our Agape Food Pantry is in need of penne and bowtie pasta, corned beef hash, canned chicken (12-oz size), and lots of chunky soup. Many thanks for your continuing support!

10/18/2026

This week’s distribution of food on Friday, October 16, served 249 or our neighbors:

-Children 64
-Adults 114
-Seniors 71
TOTAL 249
Households 83 (8 new)

10/13/2026

Our Agape Food Pantry is looking to add a third shopping team to help keep our shelves filled for the increasing number of households coming each Friday. We need volunteers who can give 2 hours per week to purchase needed items. Ideally, we would like to have at least four members to form a viable team.

10/12/2026

Looking ahead to this Friday, our Agape Food Pantry is in need of fruit cups, corned beef hash, canned chicken (12-oz size), instant mashed potatoes, and lots of chunky soup. Many thanks for your continuing support!

Address

201 Stadium Drive
Chesapeake, VA
23322

Opening Hours

3pm - 6pm

Website

http://greatbridgeumc.com/

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