Did You Know …
The Golden Corner Food Pantry has achieved the 2018 Gold Seal of Transparency on GuideStar, denoting our commitment to providing full information to the public. GuideStar is an information service specializing in reporting on 2.5 million U. S. nonprofit organizations. It is the world's largest source of information about nonprofits. The Gold standing on GuideStar comes on the heels of the Food Pantry receiving an Angel Award from the South Carolina Secretary of State in 2017.
Latest News
Golden Corner Food Pantry will be closed July 4th; open July 11th instead!
We are usually open on the first Saturday of each month; however, in July, the first Saturday is the Fourth of July, one of only four holidays on which we close. Because we know our clients who work Monday-Friday rely on those Saturday visits, we will be open, 10am-noon, on Saturday, July 11th instead. Please […]
Golden Corner partners with Seneca Lions Club to purchase backup generator
We are excited and grateful to announce that the Seneca Lions Club is providing 50% of the funding for a backup generator to be installed here at the Golden Corner Food Pantry! The generator, which will be installed by Carolina Generator, will ensure that even if we experience another power outage, we will be able […]
Golden Corner Food Pantry is back to pre-tornado COVID19 operations
Beginning this Monday, May 4th, we will be returning to regular hours and regular procedures. *Mondays are reserved for our senior households. If you have questions about how our Monday senior program works, please call the pantry at 864-882-3610. *Anyone who is receiving food for the first time must register as a client. Please bring […]
Corva Bella Farm donates meat to Food Pantry
With the current Covid19 crisis we are no longer getting much, if any, meat from food stores, so we were delighted when Cristiana Calderan Bell donated 50 lbs of USDA inspected/processed sausage. Christina and her son Connor have a small farm in West Union and normally sell their pork at Farmacy in Easley and also […]
Local Farms/suppliers Help out Food Pantry during food shortages
We’ve all seen the food shortages due to Covid19 crisis. Well, more than half of the Food Pantry food comes from our wonderful grocery donors (Publix, Walmart, Food Lion, Bi-Lo, and Aldis) and, naturally we’ve seen huge reduction in donations from these stores as they struggle to fill their shelves. Partially offsetting this, we’ve been […]
Sisters of Charity Foundation visits the Food Pantry
We were delighted to have one of our major supporters, the Sisters of Charity Foundation out of Columbia, SC visit us recently. The Sisters of Charity Foundation is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System. Since 1996, the Foundation has been addressing the root causes and effects of poverty in South Carolina strategically, […]
