7 verified food pantries and food assistance locations in and around Acworth. Listings include hours, contact info and eligibility notes where available.
Provides a food pantry. Serve: Zip codes 30101, 30102, 30152. Documentation Required: Social security card Pantry Hours: Call the pantry and leave a message. Someone will get back with you and tell you your appointment time for when you can pick up the food. For more information, please call.
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The pantry is first come first served. The line generally begins forming around 10:30 am.Food Pantry Drive through Hours: Tuesdays beginning at 11:00 amWhile supplies last, stocked to feed 240 families each Tuesday. For more information, please call.
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Provides a food pantry. Serves: Cherokee. Documentation Required: Picture ID, Social security card, proof of residence or lease. Pantry Hours: Monday and Thursday 10:00am - 12:00pmFor more information, please call.
View full details →The Jay Weaver Food Pantry is an emergency food pantry serving an area limited to five miles from the church address. Appointments are filled as volunteers are available on the following days - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.Twice monthly drive through distributions:2nd Saturdays, 10:00 am4th Wednesdays, 12:30 pmNotes:Advance online registration is encouraged using link at https://www.heritagepres.com or posted on Facebook…
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Provides a food pantry. Serves: Bartow, Butts, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding, Rockdale. Documentation Required: Picture ID/driver license, social security card, proof of residence or lease, proof of income Pantry Hours: Friday 11:00am - 1:00pm For more information, please call.
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NWCC has partnered with the Atlanta Community Food Bank to provide thousands of pounds of food to hundreds of people in our community each month. We are dedicated to helping our community by lending a helping hand to families in need who are working towards a better life! Hours Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00am - 12:00pmRequirements: Proof of income and picture…
View full details →Food pantry Hours:Wednesday 5:00pm - 7:00pm Saturday 11:00am - 3:00pmOther Services:Mobile PantryResource CenterJob Placement Resume Writing Free Phones Immigration AssistanceFor more information, please call.
View full details →Acworth, like every American city, has a patchwork of community-based and faith-based organizations working to keep food on people's tables. The pantries listed above are the ones we have verified through public directories, but there are usually more — most cities have informal church pantries, mutual aid groups, and weekend community fridges that never get formally listed. If the sites above are closed or out of food on the day you visit, ask staff for a referral to other nearby distributions; pantry workers usually know the rest of the local network by heart.
Beyond pantry walk-ins, the most important step you can take is enrolling in any federal nutrition program you qualify for. SNAP alone provides an average of about \$190 per person per month — significantly more food value than even a generous pantry visit. WIC covers pregnancy through age five with specific food packages and free lactation support. School-age kids can eat free at school; many Acworth-area districts also send weekend food bags home through BackPack programs.
Always call a pantry before you go. Hours change frequently around holidays, weather events, and when staff turn over. Bring photo ID and proof of address if you have them, your own bags or a wheeled cart, and a sense of how many people are in your household — pantries pack boxes by family size.