Food Pantry Mission

The mission of the Suthers Center Christian Outreach Food Pantry is to combine the efforts and resources of our participating ministries and community to provide nutrition to members of our surrounding community who are experiencing temporary life challenges. Our efforts to reduce hunger are enhanced by reducing food waste by capitalizing on opportunities to collect and use excess food from local food sources. Suthers Center is also committed to educating and engaging the local community in the quest to fight hunger and homelessness.

"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"

― Hippocrates

Location

The Suthers Center Food Pantry is located at St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church

3110 Ashford Dunwoody Rd. NE

Atlanta, GA 30319

404.228.0777

sutherscenter@gmail.com

Click on map for directions.

Hours: The pantry is open each Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Parking lot opens at 7:50 a.m. and will close at 10:00 a.m. to accommodate clients in line. Clients will be serviced until 10:00 a.m. as supplies last.

Our high school volunteers!

The Suthers Pantry had a lot of fun this past school year with our high school volunteers. We love our students! This group even created a Suthers Pantry song!

The Suthers Food Pantry Song

I don't know but I've been told

Suthers pantry gets the gold

Working hard when the sun don't shine

We make sure the food's Divine

Ham or chicken we don't care

Onesies too we're happy to share

Stick it in and fill it up

We make sure to fill their cup

Stuff the fridge until it busts

Helping people that's a must

Changing all these people's lives

Giving them meat so they will thrive

St. Martins we do the deed

We are feeding the people in need

God asked us to help the poor

Doing his work that's for sure

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Created by Charlie, Thomas and Walker

May 14, 2022

Exciting days at the pantry!

May Mother-Son Food Campaign at St. Martin Episcopal School Yields Large Bounty

Two boys raised > $2000 allowing huge peanut butter purchase plus more…

New tents -safer, bigger, easier to handle

It’s the “little” things…a new large cart!!

Innovations in stocking; youth at work in the pantry…

Scouts chose Suthers Food Pantry for their community service!

May Mother-Son Food Campaign at St. Martin Episcopal School Yields Large Bounty

Two boys raised > $2000 allowing huge peanut butter purchase plus more…

New tents -safer, bigger, easier to handle

It’s the “little” things…a new large cart!!

We love our volunteers!

Pantry in Action

2,000-5,500 lbs. of food stocked weekly from the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Atlanta Second Helpings, a food rescue agency, brings food weekly.

Oglethorpe Publix and Pepperidge Farm provide bread.

Responsible recycling after stocking the shelves.

Sorting food collected by the first graders of St. Martins School.

Marking the path for the students to follow while helping.

Students from St. Martins School packing bags.

Students from St. Martins School tour the pantry.

Sprouts provided food bags donated by their patrons.

Sprouts bags everywhere during the holidays!

Food donations received from everyone in the community - greatly appreciated!

Teaming up to stock the sweets freezer.

Organizing the staples shelves.

New shelving units can hold 5,000 lbs.

Our rectors start Saturdays with a prayer. (Colin Brown, associate rector)

Preparing the fresh and frozen bags takes an assembly line.

Fresh food from our Second Helpings partner.

Many parents make volunteering a family affair!

Heavy duty bags are needed!

Fortunate to sometimes have milk to distribute.

Preparing food carts to move to loading area.

Carts are ready for distribution.

Bags of staples on left; fresh, frozen, and meat on right.

Setting up the parking lot.

Moving to Our New Location-September 2020

Packing up the inventory at the old location.

Pantry