A Mutual Aid Project of Orthodox Workers
Your Community Pantry
We have diapers. We have food. And great big smiles and hugs!
We provide essentials like food, clothing and shoes, diapers and toiletries, and many times a nice hot meal, we help take some of the burdens off so that you can use your income to pay your utility bills, rent, buy food, or gas.
Hello
What are We?
You never know what you'll find here any afternoon!!! The community center is dedicated to those who need anything! Community members provide a wide range of donations, include food, new and gently used clothing (infant-adult sizes) and household items (books, toys, dishes, linens, baby items), and lots more.
We Need Volunteers - We Need You
This is a Mutual Aid Community Project by Orthodox Workers
Since this is a mutual aid community project you are needed. You and your neighbors, and all others served by the center decide what we have and do, how it is operated, and do the operating. You and not a big non-profit organization located somewhere else make all the decisions.
Volunteer Your Time
Volunteer our Time!!!
Share your time and talent with the Mother Maria of Paris Community Free Store! Individual and group volunteers are vital to our operation.
We need you! Ongoing projects include:
· Sorting and separating food and clothing donations and placing on shelves and hangers.
· Assembling food packs for delivery.
· Deliver food packs to homes.
· Pick up donations of food and clothing.
· Food Rescue.
· Special cleaning and organization projects.
· Assisting with office operations including mailings, computer work and filing.
· Assisting clients in their shopping experience at the Mother Maria of Paris Community Distribution center.
What We have
We provide essentials like food, clothing and shoes, diapers and toiletries, and many times a nice hot meal, we help take some of the burdens off so that you can use your income to pay your utility bills, rent, buy food, or gas.
Serve All
We serve all who Christ brings to our doors or who He takes us to on the streets. All set at Christ's table, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists, and folks of no faith. And we serve all. All are welcome. At Mother Maria of Paris Community Center, we providing essentials like food, clothing and shoes, diapers and toiletries, and many times a nice hot meal, which helps take some of the burdens off so that you can use your income to pay your utility bills, rent, buy food, or gas.
Finding Community Here
The Center offers a place of community for the elderly, the lonely, and the weary, a place of respite for those without homes, and a warm and welcoming place for anyone regardless of their circumstances. A place for all our neighbors and all are our neighbors .
A Place With a Smile
There are no income requirements, You don’t need to prove who you are or where you live. no questions and no scrutiny – only the support of people who care is found here. A place where everything is free – clothing, shoes, linens, household items, books, toys, a cup of coffee, a meal, hospitality, and a smile.