Atwood Personal Essentials Pantry

04/07/2025

The Personal Essentials Pantry Atwood is pleased to announce that a generous gift to support our mission has been received from the SASY neighborhood association for the second year! This gift of $2500 allows the PEPA to provide essential supplies to many households that find they are without adequate income to provide for personal and household hygiene needs for their family. This amount is expected to provide for approximately 2 1/2 months of supplies. Thank you, thank you.

01/15/2025

In 2025, the pantry welcomed both new and returning guests in need of personal and household items. In spite of times when funds were dwindling we were able to serve 481 households for a total of 1843 visits! We registered 217 first time guest households; this is a 16% increase over the 2023 experience. Approximately 50% of households served visited only once. Households with children under the age of four years comprised almost 75% of all visits. The pantry is used by slightly more females. Adults over age 65 were served in 32% of the visits. In total 30,009 products were distributed; this included 2,031 toothbrushes, 669 rolls of dental floss, and 970 tubes of toothpaste…among many other products.

Over 900 hours of volunteer service were given by a wonderfully dedicated group of volunteers.

Our ability to continue this mission is totally dependent upon contributions from community grants and individual donations. Every dollar received is used to purchase products supporting this program. If you'd like to be a supporter, you are encouraged to make a donation of any size with dollars, rather than product. Money donation allows PEPA to purchase (as a 501(c)3 organization) without tax and in bulk so each dollar buys more than on a visit to any store. However, no gift is too small and product offerings are readily received.

Donate online at https://atwoodpantry.com/donate or mail a check to PEPA at 2401 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI 53704

THANK YOU!

Donate Atwood Pantry (a part of PEPartnership, Inc) is a qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and your donations are tax deductible. We’ve listed several convenient ways for you to share. Thank you for supporting our mission! Donate by PayPal  By Mail send a check or money order to: Atw...

10/29/2024

Requests for "essentials" have increased greatly in the last 2 years; a 21% increase in utilization already in 2024. We are now experiencing the significant need to again ask our neighborhood for financial support. Any cash you can share will be greatly appreciated. As our purchases are made bypassing the middleman, cash is the most beneficial assistance. Checks made to PEPA/cash gifts can be mailed to/dropped off at Plymouth Church 2401 Atwood Ave Madison, WI 53704. There is also a paypal account at https://atwoodpantry.com/donate

If you prefer giving essentials products these would be most helpful: toilet paper, paper towels, feminine hygiene products, bar soap, facial tissue. All gifts are greatly appreciated.

The Essentials Pantry is a totally volunteer run organization. If interested in serving, contact [email protected].

Donate Atwood Pantry (a part of PEPartnership, Inc) is a qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and your donations are tax deductible. We’ve listed several convenient ways for you to share. Thank you for supporting our mission! Donate by PayPal  By Mail send a check or money order to: Atw...

07/05/2024

Visits to the Atwood Pantry have increased by 21% this year. Our operating expenses have consequently gone up, and our reserves are running very low. This is an entirely volunteer-run organization, and all donated funds are used for purchasing products for our guests. Please help today!

Donate online at https://atwoodpantry.com/donate
At that link you can find info on donating physical items, too, including the type of products we offer. Although financial donations are preferred, if you donate product, Atwood Pantry is located at 2401 Atwood Ave, in the basement of Plymouth Congregational Church. The door is kept locked during our open hours, so please ring the doorbell and a volunteer will let you in. Pantry hours are Sundays 12-2 and Thursdays 11:30-2:30.

THANK YOU and please share widely!

03/06/2024

A reminder that effective this week, beginning Thursday Pantry hours will be 11:30am-2:30pm. (Old hours were 11:30-3pm.) Sunday Pantry hours remain as they were: Noon-2pm.

02/07/2024

A few factoids about 2023 at Atwood Pantry: we served 1,558 households, and 175 of those were new in 2023. We distributed 25,393 products!

Donations are always welcome. Your financial donation helps our neighbors in need. Donate online at https://atwoodpantry.com/donate
On that page you can find info on donating physical items, too, including the type of products we offer at the Pantry. We're currently very low on panty liners, cotton swabs, and bandaids. Atwood Pantry is located at 2401 Atwood Ave, in the basement of Plymouth Congregational Church. If the door is locked, please ring the doorbell and a volunteer will let you in. Pantry hours are Sundays 12-2 and Thursdays 11:30-2:30. THANK YOU!

Donate Atwood Pantry (a part of PEPartnership, Inc) is a qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and your donations are tax deductible. We’ve listed several convenient ways for you to share. Thank you for supporting our mission! Donate by PayPal  By Mail send a check or money order to: Atw...

02/01/2024

Here's a shot of today's Free Cart at the pantry. These items are donated by people who might otherwise throw them into the trash - and they don't fit into the standard items that we offer to our guests. So they go on the Free Cart, and guests select what they want. Do you have household supplies or items such as make-up, toiletries, grooming supplies, greeting cards, etc. that you aren't using and would like to clear your cupboards of? Atwood Pantry is happy to take your donations! We're also currently in need of Bandaids, Cotton Swabs, and Panty Liners. Drop your donations off during Pantry hours: Sundays, noon-2; and Thursdays 11:30-2:30. Address is Plymouth Congregational Church, 2401 Atwood Ave in Madison. Please ring the doorbell and we'll happily accept your donations! More info on donating at https://atwoodpantry.com/

01/30/2024

We hope you have been served with a smile, found the products provided here at the Pantry helpful, and have been satisfied with the available opportunities to select and receive your products. We are so happy to be able to provide these items for you. Our utilization statistics reveal that 96% of our guests are served during the hours of 11:30 am -2:30 pm. Over 50% of our guests are served in the first hour of opening. Most often from 2:30-3pm there are no guests. Based upon those findings, our volunteers will now be available to serve you at slightly different times. Please note the changes to Thursday hours below!

Beginning Thursday, March 7, 2024, Thursday hours will be 11:30am-2:30pm.

Sunday Pantry hours remain as they were: Noon-2pm.

Thank you to all who visit and support the Atwood Personal Essentials Pantry!

11/08/2023

In this season of giving, please consider supporting the Atwood Pantry. Your financial support helps this local nonprofit provide household and personal care items to our neighbors in need. Financial donations are accepted, either via checks through the mail, or it’s easy to donate online at https://atwoodpantry.com/ THANK YOU!

09/07/2023

Atwood Pantry is out of laundry detergent for this Sunday, September 10th. It will be back in stock by next Thursday, September 14th. Thanks for your patience!

08/28/2023

Donations to the Pantry are accepted by appointment and during open hours. For security purposes, entry requires using the Pantry doorbell to the left of either the front or back door at 2401 Atwood Ave. It may take a few minutes for someone to respond; please be patient. Thank you!

05/01/2023

The Atwood Personal Essentials Pantry appreciates the financial support we received from the Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara (SASY) neighborhood association! In these trying times, personal and household products have critical impact on physical and psychological aspects on the lives of those now additionally challenged.

SASY's help in the pantry's established volunteer program is meaningful. Together we are making a difference. Thank you, SASY neighborhood association, for your generosity!