The Hermann Community Food Pantry serves the residents of the Gasconade County R-I School District.
For more information about the Hermann Community Food Pantry contact Bartow Molloy at 314-378-3387 or bartowmolloy@icloud.com, or follow the Hermann Community Food Pantry on Facebook.
The Hermann Community Food Pantry’s mission is to fight hunger by gathering and distributing food, engaging in partnerships in advanced self-sufficiency and by providing community leadership on issues related to hunger.
The pantry was founded in July 2003 and is a 501(c)3 organization under the Community Foundation of the Hermann Area and it’s located at Hermann City Hall, 1902 Jefferson, Street. They are managed 100% by volunteers governed by a board of directors and funded by community donations.
On an average month, the Hermann Community Food Pantry delivers to 15 households. We have 27 households that pick up prepackaged food and 25 households that shop for food totaling 66 households with 145 people.
On the third Wednesday every month, food is assembled in food boxes and then set out for patrons to shop for their food, using guidelines developed with the Gasconade County Health Department. The next day, on Thursday, additional patrons can come and pick up prepackaged food. The Hermann Community Food Pantry also provides a smaller kid-friendly Food Pantry at the Hermann Middle School.
Another program the Hermann Community Food Pantry has is called FARMS, which stands for Food Access and Resource Markets. This is a food distribution service through the St. Louis Food Bank. The program is a drive-thru our neighbors stay in their vehicles and volunteers place food items in their cars.
And lastly, the Food Pantry has a program called CSFP which stands for Commodity Supplemental Food Program. This is a federal government program also administered by St. Louis Food Bank and provides prepackaged boxes containing nutrient rich foods. Peace foods provide vitamins, calcium, and iron essential to the diets of lower income seniors. To qualify a patron must have an annual income that is below the US government defined poverty level. The program prevents many areas seniors from having to choose between paying for food or other necessities, such as medicine and utilities.