Madison County Mobile Food Pantry at New Douglas

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Madison County Mobile Food Pantry at New Douglas·Thursday, May 28, 2020· update 1/22/2021
The Mobile Pantry at New Douglas is not a poverty program. We have 102 villages, towns and cities in Madison county but 70 of them do not have a grocery store and the average one way distance to a full service grocery store is 10 - 12 miles. That classification is what brings free

food distribution to any and all Madison County residents on specified days each month to help bridge that huge grocery gap with products donated to the St. Louis Foodbank. The Foodbank delivers food to the New Douglas Township Pavilion on the dates specified each month and our community volunteers help distribute this food through a drive thru food distribution process during the COVID 19 pandemic. Normally any resident of the county signs up at our park site table, are given a number, and then when the food distribution begins are offered all food provided that day for them to take home by walking down the food line and receiving the food from each pallet. No application or income requirements are required for this program. We also provide a Senior Citizen Commodity Food Program thru the USDA to those seniors who qualify financially for this additional food distribution.. Income guidelines will be posted soon and the application is available at the Mobile Pantry site through Peggy each month. Then on the Mobile Pantry date the Senior Commodity program provides an additional box of staple food items, cheese, juice, cereal, protein as well as the senior receives all the other items that are available thru the pantry on pick up day. This program distributes approximately 12,000 lbs of food each month and started its 4th year in operation in March, 2020. We operate from March thru December and then only the Senior Commodity program continues in January and February due to the weather and no indoor facilities to offer the program. This program will continue to be offered as an outdoor food distribution program to all residents of Madison County and volunteers are always welcome to come assist us on the dates of the pantry. Interested volunteers need to arrive at the Community Center Parking Lot by 9:30 am and park their vehicles as a designated site offered by the parking manager. Food distribution begins at 9:30 am and continues until the food we receive is distributed so no closing time can be established based on this fact.

12/01/2025

The St Louis Foodbank notified me today that they have cancelled the December mobile pantry for New Douglas and this includes the commodity senior food program. I sure regret having to share this at this time of year. The food pantry in Highland is open as well as Staunton if you are in need of food. You will need to call them for their December dates for food distribution. We will reopen in March in New Douglas but the senior commodity boxes will be delivered in January and February and hoping for a blessed holiday for all. Peggy

11/27/2025

The November 2025 mobile pantry fed over 286 families with a total of 1100 family members receiving food this month. The December pantry information is posted to this site with a date of December 16th, Tuesday for the distribution for December and then we are closed January and February

09/03/2025

Important Notice regarding the August Mobile Pantry Food Distribution from the St. Louis Foodbank. If you received a box of Hostess Ding Dongs in your food distribution at the August food pantry please be aware that this product has been recalled by Hostess due to mold in the product. Please do not eat these cakes and throw them away. There may not be a serious issue if you have eaten them but just be aware that they contained mold and should not be eaten. Please let as many of your friends and neighbors who may have received this product that it has been recalled and should be thrown away. Thanks.. Peggy

The Madison County Mobile Pantry in New Douglas, IL provides the Commodity Supplemental Food Program to all seniors who ...
06/18/2025

The Madison County Mobile Pantry in New Douglas, IL provides the Commodity Supplemental Food Program to all seniors who are eligible. The USDA's CSFP program is an equal opportunity provider https://www.usda.gov/non-discrimination statement

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02/24/2025

The Madison Co FARMS Program reopens for the 2025 year on March 26th in the New Douglas Community Center parking lot beginning at 8 am and concluding when the food is distributed. This food distribution program has no income requirements and food is placed in your vehicle by volunteers. Typically the food distribution is concluded before 10 am so please get to the lot no later than 9am in order to receive food. You can pick up food for other family or community members by providing their name and household information. This program operates monthly on the 4th Wednesday of each month from March thru the end of December. Volunteers are always welcome once or monthly and need to arrive no later than 745 am parking at the concession stand by the community center parking lot and reporting to Peggy.. thanks

02/24/2025

Vision Assistance Program thru Madison Co Community Development. 618-296-6177. This program assists with glasses, contact lenses and eye exams. Must live in Madison County and meet the income guidelines for this program

02/24/2025

The Car Repair Program thru Madison Co Community Development can be reached at 618-296-6177. You must meet the income guidelines, be employed full time and live in Madison county plus have proof of car insurance and either a title or loan statement in the client name that is working full time.

11/28/2024

The November FARMS program food distribution in New Douglas fed 401 families with a total of 937 family members, 317 of those were children. Reminder that the December food distribution is the last of the year on December 20th Friday until we reopen for food distribution in March, 2025. Happy Thanksgiving and a huge thank you to all the volunteers who make this program such a success for Madison County and the families who live here.

11/05/2024

The December FARMs food distribution in New Douglas is now set for Friday, December 20th as the 4th Wednesday fell on Xmas Day. Please set a reminder for Friday December 20th.. this will be the last food distribution for 2024 and we will restart in March, 2025 on the 4th Wednesdays of the month. Seniors who are part of the Commodity Food Program will get a box and a loaf of cheese in both January and February on the 4th Wednesday of the month at the New Douglas Community Center. Remember to come pick up your commodity food box. Thanks.. next food distribution is Wednesday, November 27th, the day before Thanksgiving.

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09/26/2024

Thanks to the donations this month we were able to order 4 new collapsible safety cones to protect our volunteers during food distribution. We had several run over and damaged in the August food distribution.

This program is not funded in any way except thru guest donations to help purchase items we need. At present we are looking for a set of walkie talkies to use to help manage the parking and traffic flow during the food distributions. If you have a set that works well please consider donating them to our program and in the meantime we will again begin saving donations to work to purchase a set of walkie talkies. Thanks so much for all your help.

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09/26/2024

The September FARMs program served 272 families with a total of 726 family members. We were short volunteers this month but made sure with the help of our stalwart volunteers that everyone was taken care of and food distributed well. As always, we never know what food we are getting each month until the truck shows up and delivers. We all do the very best to evenly distribute food to the best of our ability and hope that if you get items you dont want that you will pass them on to someone who might be able to use them. When we get large packages of food we hope that our guests will break up those packages and share with others as we cannot do this in an open parking lot. Fall is already here and cooler weather abounds plus a few rain showers we wished had come this summer. See you in October on the 4th Wednesday of the month. We are finishing the food distribution by 10 am most months so make sure you are in the parking lot early enough to get food. Thanks. Peggy

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08/29/2024

The Food Access and Resource Market operating in New Douglas on the 4th Wednesday of each month thru the end of December holds an additional program.. The Senior Commodity Food Program that provides an additional box of food to persons 60+ who live in Madison County and have identification to prove this and who meet the income guidelines of the program. Applications can be picked up at the monthly food distribution and can be completed at the program and returned the same day to Peggy Dunn at the program. A short interview with documentation for your address will be completed and if eligible the guest will be able to pick up this additional box of food each month. If you have questions about this program, please send a message to this facebook site and you will be contacted. Thanks. Only verified Madison County seniors are eligible to apply for this program.

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210 South Main Street
New Douglas, IL
62074

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9:30am - 10:30am

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