A Hand Up Today        A Brighter Tomorrow 

    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].