Hosea Helps is an Atlanta nonprofit that has served the community since 1971. At its Forrest Hills Drive headquarters, families can get free emergency groceries and help applying for food stamps. Staff also check whether a household can get help with rent, utilities and other costs. It also runs job help, programs for children, holiday meal events and deliveries to apartment communities and schools.
Enough to Share is a volunteer-run food pantry. It gives out groceries on the first and third Wednesday of each month. It also holds Saturday pantry days on selected dates, with deliveries for people who are sick or shut in, and it offers ways for adults and youth to volunteer.
SWEEAC is a nonprofit that started in 1988 when churches and volunteers in Southwest Atlanta joined together to fight hunger. It runs a food pantry that gives free groceries to families and individuals, including a monthly food box program just for seniors. It also hands out clothing, baby supplies, household items, and school supplies to people going through hard times.
Salem Bible Church is a church with two campuses, one in Atlanta and one in Stonecrest. It holds Sunday worship. Its care team helps with counseling, prayer, weddings, funerals, and child dedications, and it has a ministry for adults 65 and older.
The Grove CDC is the nonprofit partner of The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church in Atlanta. It helps people in crisis with free food, referrals, and emergency money help when funds are available. It also works on housing, education, and jobs for people in Metro Atlanta, including Grove Gardens at East Lake senior apartments.
Feeding GA Families is a nonprofit that has served since 2010. It gives out food through pantries, emergency food boxes, lockers and home delivery. It also offers housing help, job and youth programs, and items like hygiene products, clothing, and baby and pet supplies.
Soldiers' Angels is a national nonprofit that helps military members, veterans, and their families. In Atlanta it runs a monthly food giveaway at the Atlanta VA Arcadia Clinic in Decatur and a food pantry on Lawrenceville Highway. You have to register first, and you register again each month.
Berean Outreach Ministries Center is an Atlanta nonprofit that gives out free groceries, including fresh produce, dairy, and frozen meat, to children, families, and seniors in need. It also connects people with partner organizations for clothing, education, job, and health resources, and runs special food drives and holiday giveaways.
S. is an Atlanta-area nonprofit that fights childhood obesity. It runs a mobile food pantry for families and seniors who have trouble getting affordable food. It also offers cooking classes, kids' programs and a summer camp for girls.
The Atlanta Public Schools Student and Family Support Hub is in southwest Atlanta. It holds a monthly drive-up food distribution for APS families, with no sign-up needed. The same site has a free department store for household items, school supplies and clothing, and a free grocery store that you visit by appointment.
The Latin American Association helps Latino families and immigrants. At its Atlanta office on Buford Highway, staff help with food and basic needs, rent and utility bills, immigration legal services, classes, jobs, and youth programs. Services are by appointment, so call first.
The Magnolia (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is a group of women who do service in the Atlanta area.E. Church and the Atlanta Community Food Bank, they hold a monthly food giveaway for families across metro Atlanta. They also keep a food pantry at Morris Brown College and give a $5,000 scholarship to a high school senior.
Concord Baptist Church is a small church family on Boulder Park Drive in southwest Atlanta. Inell's Food Pantry gives out groceries to families in need on Saturdays. The church also has Sunday School, Sunday worship, a Wednesday Bible study, rides to Sunday worship, and a prayer line that is open day and night.
DEAM is a ministry supported by 18 Decatur-area churches. It gives emergency food and basic toiletries, helps pay for filled prescriptions, and helps with past-due water, gas and electric bills. Help is for people living in its 10 ZIP code area, and everything is set up by phone.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank fights hunger across 29 counties in metro Atlanta and north Georgia. It runs four food pantries called Community Food Centers where families can get food by appointment. It also helps people find a nearby pantry, helps people apply for SNAP and Medicaid, and supplies food to hundreds of partner pantries and kitchens.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank collects donated food and sends it to more than 700 pantries, kitchens and other nonprofit partners in 29 counties. It also runs four Community Food Centers where families get groceries by appointment. Staff can help people apply for SNAP and Medicaid, and you can find a pantry near you with an online map or by text.
Feeding GA Families is a nonprofit that has served the area since 2010. It runs food pantries, a locker system for emergency food, and home delivery of groceries. It also offers help with housing bills, job and youth programs, and items like hygiene supplies and clothing.
Omega Support Center is a nonprofit in Tucker that fights hunger and helps small business owners and nonprofits. It runs monthly food giveaways and community dinners, senior food boxes, and six outdoor Little Food Pantries that are open day and night. No food is given out from the office itself.
Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services is a state agency that works to keep children safe. Staff look into reports of child abuse and neglect and work with the family. The agency also helps with foster care and with food, cash, health coverage, and child care benefits.
This foundation serves individuals and families across metro Atlanta. It gives out fresh fruits and vegetables, helps churches start their own food pantries, and runs a help hotline. It also offers job training and meals with a life coach for people in transitional housing.
