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
Kmights of Columbus Support the Pantry
The local Council of the Knights of Columbus (a Catholic Men’s charity) presented a $500 check to the Golden Corner Food Pantry today. It represents the Knights of Columbus State Council’s positive response to a grant request for the Pantry’s tireless efforts to support Oconee County’s less fortunate community. Brian Lamb (left), Grand Knight for […]
Food Pantry installs emergency generator with help from the Seneca Lions Club
At Golden Corner Food Pantry in Seneca, SC we distribute groceries to ~2,000 Oconee County residents per month who rely on us for emergency and supplemental food. On Easter Monday morning 2020, an EF3 tornado passed nearby, devastating parts of Seneca and the county we serve. The Pantry building was not impacted, but the electricity […]
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 […]
