59 food pantries in 20 counties throughout southern Illinois will receive food for children from The Poshard Foundation for Abused Children.
In the past, the Poshard Foundation has distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to food pantries with the condition the money be used to purchase fresh, highly nutritious food for children. This year, donations totaled $111,000.
Foundation co-founder Jo Poshard says this generosity is critical because at this time of the year area food pantries are struggling, especially to provide nutritious food for the kids they serve.
Area food pantries receiving grants from the Poshard Foundation include:
Arrowleaf’s Client Choice Food Pantry, Cairo and Vienna
Ava-Trico Area Food Pantry
Benton/West City Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry
Bethel Temple Evangelistic Ministries, Mounds
Blessings in a Backpack, Johnson County
Cambria Food Pantry
Caring for Kids, Harrisburg
Centralia Community Benevolent Association
Cherry Street Food Pantry, Carmi
Chester Area Christian Food Pantry
Christian Community Compassion Center, Harrisburg
Community United Pantry, Carterville
COPE – Christian Outreach Program Emergency Food Pantry, Metropolis
Du Quoin Food Pantry
Emmanuel Temple Ministries, Metropolis
Faith Liberty Mission Church Food Pantry, Du Quoin
Friends of Jesus Food Pantry, Eldorado
Gallatin County Food Pantry, Shawneetown
God’s Pantry, Olmsted
Good Samaritan Ministries, Carbondale
Grace Baptist Fellowship Food Pantry, Benton
Grand Tower Food Pantry
Greater Galatia Food Pantry
Harvest Deliverance Center Pantry, Harrisburg
Herrin Community Pantry
Herrin House of Hope
Hope’s Entourage, Mt. Vernon
Hurst Community Food Bank
JC Manna Mission, Johnston City
Jesus es el Senor UMC – Joe’s Mall Food Pantry, Cobden
Jesus Helping Hands Mobile Food Market, Tamaroa
K-Lees Food Pantry NFP, Goreville
Landmark House of Praise, Carrier Mills
Least of the Brethren Food Pantry, Pinckneyville
Loaves and Fishes at Anna United Methodist Church
Marion Ministerial Alliance
Murphysboro Food Pantry, Inc.
Park Avenue Baptist Church Food Pantry, Mt. Vernon
Purpose House – Love Goes, Colp
Refuge Temple, Marion
Roads Food Pantry, Norris City
St. Kateri Weekend Snackpack Program, Ridgway
Salem Lutheran Church Food Pantry, Jonesboro
Sesser Valier Area Lifeline
724 Ministries NFP, Murphysboro
Shawnee Development Council, Inc., Karnak
Southern Illinois Resource and Advocacy Center Neighborhood Food Pantry, Shawneetown
Sparta Area Food Pantry
Table and Grace, Olive Branch
The Promise Mission, Marion
Thebes Food Pantry
Victory Dream Center, Carbondale
Vienna Food Pantry
Wabash Area Development, Inc., Fairfield
Waltonville Free Will Baptist Church
Weekend Blessings, 1st Methodist Church, Metropolis
We Love White County, Carmi
Whiteash Food Bank, Marion
Williamson Baptist Association, Marion
