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Food Pantry and Garden

Recently named Harvesters' "Agency of the Year," CAC maintains the largest food pantry serving south Kansas City.  

Food from the pantry comes from a variety of sources, including: individual donations, food drives, the Mid-Continent Library's "Food for Fines" program, area churches and businesses, Harvesters', and the personal gardens of community members.

We also get food from "Carol's Garden," a volunteer-run community garden that CAC started in 2010 in honor of Carol Bird-Owsley, the
first Executive Director at Community Assistance Council, who began with CAC in 1976 and led the organization until her retirement in 2016.

Through a partnership with the Food Equality Initiative, CAC hosts the State of Missouri's first and only allergy- and Celiac-friendly pantry.  Known as the "SAFE pantry," this pantry allows people with medically-required dietary restrictions to get the food they need. 

In addition to our primary pantry at our Blue Ridge location, we maintain a satellite pantry at First Baptist Church. Both pantries are run almost exclusively on volunteer labor.  Among our volunteers are many long-term, committed superstars who have been with us for 10-20 years!
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Through our pantries, we serve over 4,500 unduplicated people in south Kansas City every year. 
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  • Food/Rent/Utilities
  • In From the COLD
  • FSI Empower
  • Classes/Resources
  • DONATE
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    • Volunteer
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  • About Us
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    • Contact
    • Board and Staff
    • Transparency
    • Community Partners
    • Home4Holidays
  • Events
    • 2019 Community Gala >
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      • 2019 Gala Photos
      • 2019 Community Gala
    • 2019 Trivia Night/Dining for Dollars
    • 2018 Gala Thank You
  • Donate - PayPal