Mobile Food Pantry

Our next mobile pantry will be held on February 17, at the Elks Lodge. Volunteers are needed from 2:45–5:30pm to direct traffic, register households, sort and bag food, and load groceries into vehicles. Volunteers can enter through the west parking lot entrance
and will be directed on where to park.  Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes. Bottled water will be
provided.  Restrooms are available in the lodge.

If you would like to bring plastic grocery bags for use to pack food items, please bring them along.

Please invite your friends and family to join us – all are welcome to serve! Youth over 12 can assist with packing groceries and those over 16 can assist with loading vehicles and/or directing traffic.

If the mobile market is cancelled by the Food Bank for inclement weather (temperature below 20 degrees or MODOT declared unsafe driving conditions), registered volunteers will be notified by 1:00 PM on February 17.

Please contact Sherry Neff if you have questions or need help with registration.

LOAVES AND FISHES SOUP KITCHEN

Woodcrest serves dinner at Loaves and Fishes on the fifth Saturday of the month at the Ashley Street Center.  Woodcrest volunteers prepare and serve a meal from 3:00-6:00 PM, which is open for anyone in the community. Some advance prep work is done in the Woodcrest kitchen on Saturday before the event. 

We plan to serve next on May 30, 2026. 
Please contact Sherry Neff for more information.

CITY OF REFUGE

City of Refuge is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created to help refugees and immigrants recover and regain control of their lives. They provide Basic Need Programs, Counseling Services, and Professional Development Opportunities for those in our community. Their goal is to equip those arriving in our community with the materials they need, as well as deeper friendships they can count on as they navigate a new life in the United States. 

Woodcrest is exploring volunteer opportunities, which may include sorting and displaying donated items, assisting with childcare during English classes, teaching a craft, acting as a receptionist for a few hours, or serving as an English buddy for a family.  You can also drop off clean, gently used clothing and household items at the former bank drive-through area at 10 N. Garth Ave. and provide support by shopping at City Boutique, which is a thrift store for extra donated items and carries items made by refugee women to financially support their families.

Learn more here:  https://cityofrefugecolumbia.org/get-involved/volunteer/