Johnson Grove Food Ministry

USDA Approved Food Pantry

What We Do..

The Johnson Grove Baptist Church Food Pantry provides emergency groceries to families and individuals. Our mission is to model the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by providing food to the hungry and needy people of Obion, Weakley & Fulton Counties.

If you or someone you know needs help, Contact Us -

Hunger In America?

Approximately one in ten U.S. households, more than 36 million people, live in poverty - a figure that increased 1.3 million in just one year! 38 million people do not have access to enough food to meet their basic needs. 14 million are children (17.6% of all children).
(Center on Hunger & Poverty-2005; Income, Poverty & Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S. 2004, US Census Bureau)

Ten million people live in households that go hungry; 33% of these are children. 12% of all US households are food insecure - a figure that rose 11.2% in just one year.
(USDA's Economic Research Service, Household Food Security in the United States, 2005)

Of the adults living in poverty, 38% worked during the last year.
(Poverty in the United States: 2005 estimates, US Census Bureau)