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Next monthly distribution by the DeSoto Food Pantry is Saturday, February 27 from 9 am to Noon after a couple weather postponements. Please wear a mask and send only one person to get a number. Lots of great food for DeSoto area folks in need.

DeSoto Pantry Distribution cancelled for Saturday, Feb 20. Postponed to Sat. Feb 27.DeSoto Pantry Distribution cancelled for Saturday, Feb 20. Postponed to Sat. Feb 27.

Baby Shower Drive-Thru at Elks Lodge 689, Clarke at Highway 21 on Sunday Feb 21 from Noon to 2 pm.

Due to weather issues, February pantry distribution has been moved to Feb. 20Due to weather issues, February pantry distribution has been moved to Feb. 20

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Next monthly distribution by the DeSoto Food Pantry is Saturday, January 9 from 9 am to Noon. Please wear a mask and send only one person to get a number. Lots of great food for DeSoto area folks in need.

Read this link for personal stories of food pantry recipients in New York City. A world away from DeSoto, but with some of our same struggles and joys. https://www.nytimes.com//10/20/nyregion/nyc-food-banks.html

Next DeSoto Food Pantry monthly distribution is Saturday, October 10 from 9 am to Noon. Park your car and send one person into the pantry to get a beeper that will notify you when it's your turn to get in line for the drive-thru loading. Please wear a mask when at the pantry. We have free masks available, if needed. Lots of great fresh produce, dairy, meat and canned goods for qualified DeSoto area residents.

Here are some of the volunteers who worked earlier today to distribute tons of food to DeSoto residents in need. Thanks!

Next DeSoto Food Pantry monthly distribution is Saturday, September 12 from 9 am to Noon. Park your car and send one person into the pantry to get a beeper that will notify you when it's your turn to get in line for the drive-thru loading. Please wear a mask when at the pantry. We have free masks available, if needed. Lots of great fresh produce, dairy, meat and canned goods for qualified DeSoto area residents.

This Saturday, August 8 is the next distribution day for the DeSoto Food Pantry from 9 am to Noon. Lots of great food for DeSoto area people who qualify. Send in one person to pick up a pager. You'll then get beeped when it is your turn to get your car in line to load up.

We are returning to our regular hours 9-12 on the 2nd Saturday of each month. We will be limiting the number of people in the building by changing to a paging system. Clients will enter the building, one person at a time, to pick up a pager, sign for the pager and then return to their vehicle. When they are paged they will drive to the area that is marked with arrows and line up, as they did for the drive thru pantry, park and only one person will come in to the building an...d get their food and sign their paperwork. You must bring the pager back to us to receive your food. Please be careful with the pager and protect it from being damaged, because you will be responsible for it. DO NOT pull up through the drive thru if you haven’t been paged. It will just cause delay for the other clients and will do nothing to help you. If you need to sign up, one person will come in and let the people at the front know why they are there and then will be instructed what they need to do. Deliveries: This will be the last month that deliveries will be made on Friday. Next month it will return to Saturdays. So we will be delivering Friday, July 10th from 8:30-11:00 (Tomorrow). Whenever you are unable to be home to receive your food please call 636-586-7300 at the very least, the day before you are to receive your delivery. This is another transition and there will be bugs we will iron out. We ask for your patience and that you treat all involved with respect. We will figure it out together.

Our next distribution day will be Saturday, July 11 from 9 am to Noon. We will not be using appointment times like the past 2 months. To minimize virus contact, we will be using pagers like some restaurants. Park your car and send in one person to get a pager and sign a form. Return to your car. When you are paged, pull into line for the drive-thru loading. New signups should call 636-586-7300 at least 48 hours before distribution.

Thanks to the volunteers and generous people donating through First Baptist Church of DeSoto. The pantry received over a thousand food items today to help local folks who are having trouble with putting healthy food on their table. <3

The DeSoto Food Pantry can use all the help we can get. Thanks so much to First Baptist of DeSoto for hosting this food drive on Saturday morning 9 am to Noon. <3 They are located behind the DeSoto Dairy Queen on 21.

For our food distribution on Saturday, June 13, recipients will need an appointment for a drive-thru time. If you had an appointment last month, it will be the same time this month. If you are a DeSoto area resident in need and do not have an appointment, call 636-586-7300 to get a call back to start the appointment process. The appointment system has less wait time and minimizes COVID-19 risks.

The Twin City Optimist Club donated 1800 food items to the DeSoto Food Pantry. Their generosity enables us to help people in need who are struggling during this difficult time.

Food distribution at the Festus Living Faith Food Pantry with cars backed up for a mile. Bless all the volunteers and donors working hard to help people.

Appointments are required to receive food at the next DeSoto Pantry monthly distribution on Saturday, May 9th. Phone calls have been made this past week, but some did not get answered. If you are a qualified recipient and do not have an appointment, please call 636-586-7300. We are working hard to have less waiting time for you.

Saturday, May 9th is the next distribution day for the DeSoto Food Pantry. In order to minimize waiting time, we are distributing food by APPOINTMENTS ONLY! This week, clients will be notified by phone about the appointment time assigned to them. This appointment time will be used until the pantry returns to normal operation. It is still a drive thru & all the guidelines will stay the same as last time. If there are any changes for June, they will be posted on Facebook & on t...he pantry answering machine. (636-586-7300). Call & LISTEN carefully to the message. These are the only ways you can find out any updates to the process. We will not call clients every month. If you are an already registered client and have not received your appointment by phone by May 3, you must call the pantry for an appointment time. All distribution recipients must have an appointment time. See more