Seacoast Family Food Pantry, formerly Family Service Association, is the oldest, private, charitable organization in the Seacoast. Our mission is to fulfill the basic needs of low-income individuals with food, personal care items, and nutritional education for healthy living. We provide these services on both an emergent and on-going basis, respecting the dignity of each individual.

Description:
Seacoast Family Food Pantry is a registered 501(c)(3)agency. We help those who are trying to help themselves, not only by providing food and personal care items, but special holiday baskets, a summer camp program, a Back-to-School program, and nutritional information to low-income residents of the greater Seacoast. We also actively reach out to the working poor, who make a little too much to receive any state or federal assistance but are struggling to make ends meet due to ever rising housing and utility costs.

Seacoast Family Food Pantry also hosts the SERVE Co-Op.

History:
Seacoast Family Food Pantry began in 1816 as the Ladies Humane Society to provide assistance to widows of fishermen and their children. There have been five name changes since 1816. We are now known as Seacoast Family Food Pantry.
We are a volunteer driven organization, depending on Board Members and volunteers to help organize and run all of our programs and fund raisers.

Contact person: Ellen Garrity, Executive Director, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (866) 388-1582

Address:

7 Junkins Avenue, First Floor Portsmouth, NH 03801 (See a map)

Directions:

Seacoast Family Food Pantry is located in the Seybolt wing of Portsmouth City Hall on the first floor. Directions from Route #95 take exit #3(Greenland/Portsmouth) at the end of the ramp, turn right travel 1.6 miles. At that point you will be at a small fork in the road. Bear to the right at fork. Ahead of you, you will see a set of lights. Go straight through lights. You are now on South St. from these lights, travel .9 miles. A park will be on your left and a blinking light above you. Turn left onto Junkins Ave. We are up on the hill on the right. Parking is provided in parking lot acrross from building. Enter the building through the far right entrance, go up a few stairs and turn left. Our office is the first door on the left!   Nearest Bus Stop: Market Square, 10 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Name of Executive Director (or equivalent) if not listed above:
	Ellen Garrity
Type of organization
	Nonprofit 501(c)3
Is your organization a Health and Human Service agency?
	Yes

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