Our motto is PCFP: People Caring For People. Started as the first mobile pantry under the Idaho Food Bank in 2006, Incorporated in 2009 and now with a permanent building for the support of the Preston area at 580 W Oneida Preston, ID.

About

  • The Preston Community Food Pantry Inc., is a private, non-profit organization which has been established to help eliminate hunger in South Eastern Idaho.
  • The office and Food Pantry is located in Preston, Idaho
  • Our new building is complete and is located at 580 W Oneida, Preston, Id 83263.
  • Receiving food from The Idaho Foodbank in Pocatello, donations, and other local resources.
  • We supply food twice a month from the pantry and once a month in conjunction with the Idaho Foodbank Mobile Pantry.
  • In 2007-8, our agency distributed 272,440 pounds of food, and assisted people more than 3,509 times.
  • Two of every three people who rely on the Food Pantry are either children too young to work or seniors who have worked most of their lives. In fiscal 2007-8 the Franklin Mobile Pantry served children 5,643 times. We also served seniors 1,324 times and adults 4,996 times.
  • More than 40% of households that receive food currently have at least one person working. About half those work fulltime jobs. More than 70% of households that receive temporary food assistance do so because their household income has temporarily dropped below $10,000 per year.
  •  In 2007-8, volunteers donated over 2400 hours to the Preston and Franklin area food programs in Idaho.
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