Need Food Support?
Yarmouth Community Food Pantry
The Yarmouth Community Food Pantry offers food and personal items to families from Yarmouth who qualify based upon income. The Yarmouth Community Food Pantry's mission is to serve the needs of people facing food insecurity in Yarmouth with healthy food, supplies, privacy and compassion. The food pantry is open twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10am to noon, and patrons are invited to visit once a week, choosing either of those days.
Please note: The food pantry will close for weather-related snow days. If schools are closed due to weather, the pantry will be closed too. The pantry is open, however, during school vacations. The pantry is also closed during the Yarmouth Clam Festival.
Those unable to visit the food pantry may request deliveries and will be granted access to the delivery program ONLY if drivers are available. The Yarmouth Community Food Pantry is an all-volunteer program, operated by more than 50 volunteers.
Access and parking for the Yarmouth Community Food Pantry is behind the First Parish Church (116 Main Street, Yarmouth, ME) on Storer Street.
If you have questions, please call (207) 844-3320. If there is no answer, please leave a message and someone will return your call.
- For latest information, including the kinds of items the food pantry needs, please visit the Yarmouth Community Food Pantry Facebook page
- Open to Yarmouth residents only.
- New patrons must fill out a federal form that asks for their name and number in the family.
- If you'd like to volunteer to work at the food pantry, please visit the VOLUNTEER page on this website or see the list below.
| Hours | |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10 am – 12 Noon |
| Friday | 10 am – 12 Noon |
The Yarmouth Community Food Pantry is incredibly grateful for the generosity of many partners who donate food and financial support, including Hannaford, Rosemont Market, Good Shepherd Food Bank, TEFAP, Individual donations, Wayside Food Programs, Churches, Community Partners, Community Garden, Food Drives, YCAN & restaurants like Gather Maine in Yarmouth which donates a portion of their sales from dinners on Wednesday nights, and Maggie Mae's which offers weekly soup donations.
Details on volunteer roles at the Yarmouth Community Food Pantry are at bottom of this page!
Volunteer roles for the Yarmouth Community Food Pantry
Serving 50-60 families a week, the Yarmouth Community Food Pantry is entirely volunteer staffed and managed. 50+ volunteers dedicate nearly 75 hours a week to providing food for people facing food insecurity in Yarmouth.
Will you join us?
It takes a village of volunteers to operate the Yarmouth Community Food Pantry. Many of these positions are filled with trained people in place, but new volunteers are always sought to help. Here’s a glimpse of the volunteer roles presently utilized at the Yarmouth Food Pantry. Some of these positions are already filled. If you see one that might be of interest, please contact us.
- Steering Committee: Meets monthly
- Volunteer Scheduler: ongoing
- Pantry Manager: ongoing
- Pantry Operations Coordinators: Two people
- Pantry food distribution volunteers—leads and fulfillment—in need of more, training required
- Inventory control— weekly
- Weekly Volunteers to pack bags & help with food distribution—- Tues & Fri 8:30-10:45 and 10:45-12:45
- Meal Bag Delivery Drivers - Tuesdays
- Hannaford Pick Up Drivers-Friday 7:00 am
- Rosemont Pick Ups Tuesday & Friday 7:00am
- Wayside-Good Shepard/ Milk pick up - Weekly; Wednesday mornings
- TEFAP Pick up at Wayside—4th Thursday of the month
- Egg buyer/shopper - weekly
- Community Garden Delivery- Tuesdays in the Summer
- Farmers pick up - Mondays in the summer
- Food Drive Volunteers—gather and sort donated food—at various times throughout the year
- Thanksgiving and Christmas Basket Coordinator - November
- Holiday Basket Packers and delivery volunteers - November & December
If you're interested in any of these volunteer roles, please call the Yarmouth Food Pantry phone at (207) 844-3320 and leave a message with your contact info if the call is not answered.
Additional Programs
Yarmouth Meals on Wheels
Operated by Southern Maine Agency on aging, Volunteers and staff deliver up to five meals to each program participant on Tuesdays or Thursdays and generally arrive between 10:30am-12:30pm. Meals are delivered frozen.
Entrées generally feature a protein main dish, a side dish, and a vegetable. The meals are also served with a small loaf of bread. Clients can also receive one quart of milk per week.
There is no income eligibility requirement for Meals on Wheels. We recommend a $3.50 per meal donation in order to keep the program going. However, donations of all sizes are welcome and no one will ever be turned away if unable to contribute at the selected rate.
For more information, and to learn about qualifications, pleasee go to https://www.smaaa.org/services-for-older-adults/nutrition/meals-on-wheels/.
Yarmouth Nutrition Closet
Students in the Yarmouth Maine schools with unstable access to weekend food during the school year should ask the Social Worker or Guidance Counselor in their school about the availability of the Nutrition Closet program.
Food Insecurity Supplement Program
In an effort to assist community members experiencing food insecurity, YCAN's Food Insecurity Supplement Program regularly purchases food staples along with dish and laundry detergents for the Yarmouth Community Food Pantry. The Food Insecurity Supplement Program also works with others in the community, including SMAA (Southern Maine Agency on Aging) and the Yarmouth schools, to provide grocery gift cards for those they serve, as needed.