About Our Food Pantry
Food box distributions are made by reservation before noon on Tuesdays.
Boxes are given out each Wednesday, 1-2pm.
Call 828-475-2490 to reserve a weekly food box.
Our OHUMC Food Pantry serves community neighbors needing food assistance. Food boxes are distributed each Wednesday throughout the year and our goal is that each box will provide 2-3 meals for a neighbor’s family, with each meal including meat, vegetables and other side dish offerings.
We use a reservation or appointment system to help plan and organize our box preparation and to ensure we have an appropriate number and size of boxes for the Wednesday distribution. Reservations are open to any neighbor in need regardless of income, other benefits, or affiliations.
Neighbors are asked to call 828-475-2490 before noon on Tuesday to make a reservation for Wednesday.
Calls for reservations can be made anytime during the preceding week. Rarely reservation numbers must be limited but usually neighbors can make a reservation each week as needed. We ask that you call back if you know you will not be able to keep your reservation so that we may offer that opportunity to others.
Drive by distributions are made to neighbors with reservations between 1-2 pm Wednesdays at our Multi-Purpose Activities Center (MPAC) on the south side of our church campus. Enter at the cemetery driveway of our Oak Hill UMC campus (2239 NC-181, Morganton, NC) and drive around the church to the MPAC parking area on the hill. Continue to the portico and stop at the front doors where volunteers will greet you and place your box in your vehicle, trunk, or rear space.
