Five Loaves Food Pantry

We are a sustaining food pantry and as such see many families at least once a week; those with a more desperate need, i.e. homeless, we might see almost daily. Since we relocated to Olivet Christian Church in the Denbigh area of Newport News, we have increased the number of families we serve by 30%.

We are open Monday through Friday for Perishable Food Distribution from 10:45am until we run out of food.  On Tuesday evening, from 5:30pm to 7pm, we serve a Hot Meal and distribute shelf stable groceries (for three meals) and meat.  We receive food from Trader Joes, Food Lion, WaWa and Fort Eustis Commissary.  We also partner with Panera, LongHorn Steakhouse, Little Caesars and Chick-fil-a for additional food products.  In addition to our food distribution progrms, we also team up with Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and the home schooled for educational and hands on instruction regarding hunger, homelessness and food safety.

​We have been recognized by the Peninsula Food Bank of Virginia with the Meal Ministry Award for the best program and also the Director, Br. Tim Luken, received the Unsung Hero Award for the work he has done not only with Five Loaves Food Pantry but also with numerous other pantries on the Peninsula

MISSION OF FIVE LOAVES FOOD PANTRY

Five Loaves Food Pantry exists to serve the Hungry of the Virginia Peninsula.  We accept people from all over the Peninsula and only ask that you be hungry in order to receive food.  We have served people from Gloucester to Smithfield, but over 85% of the people we serve come from Newport News.  At the end of July, 2019, of the 6,100 current families we served, only 97 did NOT qualify for Emergency Food Assistance by the USDA standards.  That is less than 2% of our clients do NOT qualify for Emergency Food Assistance 

 In 2019, Five Loaves Food Pantry distributed food to over 50,000 individuals for under $25,000.  Our total budget for 2019, was $1,020,739.21, only $25,000 was in cash. The rest was in kind contribution:over $744,780 in food alone, over 433 THOUSAND POUNDS of food was donated. Less than 3% of our budget is cash. So for every dollar donated we are able to do $40 worth of ministry.