Open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays from 10:30am to 1:30pm
No appointment needed. THE STORY OF THE PANTRY AT ALL SAINTS
The Pantry at All Saints was a series of multi-organizational community service events hosted by All Saints Episcopal Church in Parma, Ohio. The Pantry began in September 2014 as a mobile pantry program of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, distributing twelve thousand pounds o
f fresh produce monthly to low-income households in Parma and surrounding communities, with a soup kitchen to feed our guests as they wait their turn to pick out groceries. But we grew...
In 2017 we began a partnership with Rise in Love, an organization that provides immediate resources for individuals and families, as well as assisting in developing the capability to rise above their suffering through education and employment assistance. Rise in Love joined us every month to distribute nonperishable food and household supplies, and to register individuals for other programs. In the same year that Rise in Love started attending our events, All Saints Episcopal Church added two clothing ministries. We give away hundreds of clothing items each month. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, Parma Heights Baptist Church, our next door neighbor, offered us the use of their enormous parking lot as a setting for a no-contact drive-through food distribution site. The drive-through model continues to be used. On December 17, 2022, after our 100th monthly event, the Pantry at All Saints transferred management of its mobile pantry to Rise In Love and discontinued operations. Monthly distributions continue to be hosted on the Parma Heights Baptist Church site. The Mission of the Pantry at All Saints was to raise awareness of, promote advocacy for, and serve people afflicted by food insecurity and poverty, and to help families in the Greater Parma area to develop economic self-sufficiency. The Vision of The Pantry at All Saints was to be a community that provides non-judgmental welcome, nutritious food, and warm clothing to its neighbors in need, in fulfillment of the Gospel call "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing...".
