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Pacific Pantry allows clients to visit the pantry once a month and choose the items they need the most. The number of items allowed are based on household size. Clients can choose from dairy, butter, eggs, cheese, meat, fresh vegetables, bread, and a variety of rice, pasta, sauce, tuna, peanut butter and other shelf stable and frozen foods. The pantry is open weekly from Thursday to Saturday except for specific holidays, please view our pantry calendars below.
All you need to access the pantry is a picture id. On your first visit, we will sign you into our system, where you will self-certify income levels and household size. Once you are in our client system, all you need is a picture ID to visit once a month. |
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Pacific Pantry is located along the north side of the Family Resource Center of the Redwoods on 494 Pacific Avenue.
Pre-COVID-19, pantry clients were able to enter the pantry and shop for the items they needed. In order to keep the pantry sanitized and safe for all clients, clients can now fill out a shopping list from the posted available items and pantry assistants will pack the items for each client. TO ACCESS SERVICES YOU MUST:
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A grant from Catch Together, a project of Multiplier, has given the DNATL CFC funds to purchase fish from local fishermen to distribute through the pantry.
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Our pantry mainly serves low and moderate income clients, with 99% of our clients living below 80% of the federal poverty level. Pacific Pantry has proven to be an asset to the community, filling a need for increased access to quality food for low-income residents.
At Pacific Pantry, we source local and organic foods whenever possible, supporting local producers while delivering healthy food to our clients. When possible we carry locally raised meat and eggs, Rumiano’s cheese and butter, Crystal and Alexandre Farms milk, produce grown in Taa-‘at-dvn Chee-ne’ Tetlh-tvm’ community food forest, Ocean Air produce, as well as products from other local producers and community members.
At Pacific Pantry, we source local and organic foods whenever possible, supporting local producers while delivering healthy food to our clients. When possible we carry locally raised meat and eggs, Rumiano’s cheese and butter, Crystal and Alexandre Farms milk, produce grown in Taa-‘at-dvn Chee-ne’ Tetlh-tvm’ community food forest, Ocean Air produce, as well as products from other local producers and community members.
Waste not weekly
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Don't miss our Waste Not Weekly program every Thursday from 2-6pm. Regardless if you have already used your monthly visit to Pacific Pantry, you can access food with no sign in and no picture ID, every week from our Waste Not Weekly Food Recovery Distribution service located adjacent to Pacific Pantry. A variety of FREE rescued food items from local farmers, businesses, restaurants, & local organizations are available for ANYONE to take. Visit Food Rescue Del Norte Facebook Page for weekly updates of available items.
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