DESCRIPTION
CONTACT NAME Jannette Domayer
EMAIL stthomassc @ gmail. com
PHONE
OFFICE ADDRESS
TYPE OF WORK
COUNTIES
HOW TO HELP
St. Thomas Episcopal Church Food Pantry
DESCRIPTION
CONTACT NAME Jannette Domayer
The St. Thomas Food Pantry, located in St. Thomas Episcopal Church’ s Parish House at 406 12 th Street, Sioux City, has operated for nearly 14 years. The pantry is located in the midst of two urban renewal areas, Rose Hill and Jones Street, among the most culturally diverse and economically challenged neighborhoods in Sioux City.
EMAIL stthomassc @ gmail. com
The pantry is open on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00 a. m. to Noon. Their goal is to serve 30 families on each of those days. Clients can come once every 30 days.
PHONE
712-258-0141
OFFICE ADDRESS
406 12th Street Sioux City, IA 51105
TYPE OF WORK
Faith Based, Food Pantry
COUNTIES
Woodbury
In 2014, they served 3,031 families, representing 12,308 individuals. The number of families was a 4 % increase from 2013. St. Thomas purchased 91,106 pounds of food from the Food Bank of Siouxland in 2014— more than 45 tons of food. This was made possible by gifts and grant money. A new source of money in 2014 was a Lunch Bucket in the narthex of the church, where people deposited their loose change on Sunday mornings.
Because the food available from the Food Bank varies from week to week, St. Thomas supplements the food pantry’ s supply of staples with an“ item of the month.” They ask parishioners to donate food items, recycled grocery sacks, and basic toiletries.
Copies of a cookbook published in 2014, Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $ 4 / Day, by Leanne Brown, were distributed free at the food pantry. The cookbook was designed for people receiving SNAP benefits( food stamps), and gives ideas for using more fruits and vegetables rather than relying on meat as the center of all meals. The cookbook is available as a free download at http:// www. leannebrown. com /# free. They are also printing out copies of individual recipes to distribute, about one per month.
HOW TO HELP
The food pantry comes together through the efforts of many people. The food is picked up from the Food Bank warehouse on Fridays, and is then unloaded to stock the shelves at the Parish House. Four or five people distribute food each day that the food pantry is open. A group of people take turns picking up day-old bread from a grocery store on Saturdays.
Anyone who is interested in any aspect of the pantry is encouraged to talk with any pantry worker, or come and visit when they are open. The church office phone number is 712-258-0141.
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