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Our Story & Mission

We started helping hungry families in Southeast Ohio over 40 years ago. Our mission is "Helping our neighbors with food and support." True today, and true from our founding.

Frank Hare, with other local pastors from Athens OH, started the Athens County Food panty in 1980. His dedication and leadership helped the pantry grow from a collection of churches united to serve families to a vital organization that continues to advance its mission of fighting food insecurity in the region.

What our clients are saying:


"Very friendly staff who actually went out of their way to help me out. They were on their way out the door to go home as I was walking in and welcomed me and insisted that I go ahead and come in even though I was technically a little late. We have a lot of really positive folks in our community and I've been blessed to have cross some of their paths."

-Billie Joe

Thank you to our donors

We thank all of our generous donors. Without their donations, both large and small, we could not do the work we do. We are thankful for our individual donors, including all our friends in Louisiana, Cincinnati, and beyond. We especially thank Joe Burrow for shining a light on hunger in SE Ohio, leading to the creation of our endowment, the Joe Burrow Hunger Relief Fund. (And for Will Drabold and others for starting Facebook fundraisers.)

We depend entirely upon the support of our local and extended community, through individual and group donations, churches, business partners, fundraisers, and grants.

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Get In Touch

(740) 590-7051 (accepts texts)

Physical Address: 13183A State Route 13, Millfield OH 45701

Email: [email protected]

Mailing Address: Athens County Food Pantry, 9 N. College St., Athens, OH 45701

Hours of Operation:

Mon - Fri 10am to 3pm

Saturday - Closed most Saturdays

First Saturday of the month: 1pm to 3pm

Sunday - Closed

We are a Gold Guide Star Participant

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Sign up for our newsletter so you can become a friend of the Food Pantry.

We'll send you a few updates a year on what we are doing to fight hunger and food insecurity, what it's like "behind the scenes," and how we are working to serve more families.

As a special bonus for signing up, we'll send you a link to our "Recipes of Iconic Athens Restaurants and Chefs" PDF booklet.

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