FOOD PANTRY/SPECIAL DRIVES

The small pantry at the parish office provides for people seeking food assistance. We have people from the parish and local community in need, and through your generosity we are able to provide immediate food security. Please bring your donations to the Food Pantry Basket located in the Commons. Click here for a list of suggested donations. Please be mindful of expiration dates. Thank you!

We are in need of volunteers to help stock the pantry. If you would like to assist with restock please click here.

Bainbridge Community Ministry provides food for the elderly and the working poor. Volunteers deliver food to Bainbridge on select Wednesdays. If you would like to volunteer to deliver food, please click here.

Sacred Heart Center on Perry Street that serves the parish along with the local community. Volunteers deliver food to Sacred Heart on select Wednesdays. If you would like to volunteer to deliver food, please click here.

Thanksgiving Meal Baskets: We partner with a local organization to provide Thanksgiving Meal Baskets along with gift cards for families in need. The Knights of Columbus delivers the meal baskets to be distributed to members of the community.

During Lent our SEES students supports the food pantry by coordinating drives with their peers.

FRIENDS OF THE HOMELESS/

SHELTER MEAL ASSISTANCE

We have a dedicated group of volunteers to assist with our outreach to feed the hungry. We invite you to join us in supporting our effort to help individuals and families in need.

1st Friday of every month we deliver an evening meal to a family shelter. Meals are dropped off at the parish office during the week, and no later than 4:15pm on the 1st Friday of the month. Due to confidentiality, please contact the office directly if you would like to assist with delivering to the shelter.

Meatloaves & Brownies: 1st Wednesday of every month. All parishioners are invited to help feed the hungry with St. Peter's in Richmond. Parishioners cook meatloaves and brownies throughout the month, drop them off (wrapped in freezer wrap or aluminum foil) in the freezers of the church kitchen on the weekends, or at the parish center during the week.

Friends of the Homeless: 4th Friday of every month we bag lunches and deliver them to Swansboro Baptist Church. Items for the lunch can be dropped off during the week at the parish office, and no later than 9:15 on the 4th Friday. We are in need of donations, help bag the lunch, and delivery. If you would like to volunteer for any of these opportunities, please click here.

Liberation Veterans Services: A shelter for veterans. We have 4 teams with a lead coordinator that prepare, deliver, and serve evening meals. We are currently in need of volunteers to donate meals, deliver, and help serve on the 3rd Monday and 4th Friday. Please contact the office if you are available to assist.