Allied Churches of Alamance County

Allied Churches of Alamance County (ACAC) provides emergency services in a safe and healthy environment, while moving individuals toward self-sufficiency. ACAC operates an emergency shelter, resource day center, community kitchen, and food pantry. ACAC seeks to provide basic needs as well as resources and case management support in order to meet social, educational, health, and other needs of the hungry and homeless in the surrounding community. In addition, we work with several community partners to provide services to shelter guests during their stay, and continued support once they have exited the shelter. ACAC operates a weekday lunch and dinner meal program for shelter residents and community members, while also providing breakfast daily for shelter residents. The program relies almost entirely on donations of food, funds, and supplies from local individuals, community organizations, and churches. Volunteers provide the labor needed daily to run the kitchen. Our lunchtime meal program operates from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. five days a week and welcomes all who are hungry, without restrictions, and will not turn anyone away based on their address, age, or gender. It is the largest feeding program in the county, providing immediate services and assistance to the food insecure and hungry. Alamance County is located in one of the largest regions of food insecurity in the nation, therefore this was an extreme emergency. Allied Churches committed to increase services to the community by establishing a food pantry on our campus, and the Pantry now helps to feed 2,000 individuals each month. Pantry clients receive about 50 pounds of groceries, once monthly.