Food and water are survival necessities.

Work, weather, and school-appropriate clothing, personal hygiene products,

and cleaning supplies are quality-of-life necessities.

So are dignity, self-esteem, and self-confidence.

Financial insecurity makes it difficult, if not impossible,

to have all, some, or any of them.

Food pantries bridge the gap between staying alive and eating for health.

Non-food pantries eliminate having to choose between warm,

clean clothes and a safe place to sleep. 

Marilyn's Place Non-Food Pantry provides the tangible goods clients need

when they need them [mission], and restores the intangibles [vision] by

making the experience look and feel as much like a "normal" shopping

trip as possible - freedom of choice over what to buy, a variety of

brands, sizes, flavors, forms, etc., to choose from, a limited

(voucher points) budget, and the responsibility for

      balancing them [means].