BROWN BAG OF COLUMBUS: Food for the Elderly
Started in July 1987, the Brown Bag is a nonprofit agency which provides groceries to low-income elderly individuals in Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama. It was begun after a survey, done in conjunction with the Area Agency on Aging, showed many individuals were falling through the cracks and unable to get needed assistance from federal or local programs.
Our sites in Columbus and Phenix City are set-up like a small grocery store where the members (recipients) can make their own selections of the items they receive, at no cost to them. Preserving their dignity is a number one priority for us. Each site is manned 100% by volunteers who do greeting, registration, shopping, bagging, carry bags for those who can’t, and showing each of them that people do care about them. The volunteers also make home deliveries to the elderly who no longer can come in; provide pickup trucks and manpower on the days we stock the site; and help with seasonal activities and fund-raisers.
To the increasing number of elderly who are retiring, finding themselves in a poverty situation is devastating. The need for assistance is present and growing, so are the applications for our program. One of our goals is to be able to assist every qualified, elderly individual that comes each month. To accomplish this, we need more of our communities to be involved in helping those who have given so much of themselves in the past and now find themselves in need.
Support for our ministry comes from the community – through individuals, work groups, church groups, schools, and civic/social clubs. Over the past twenty years, thousands of elderly have been assisted due to the generosity of individuals just like you.
Thank you again for caring enough to help us help them.
Started in July 1987, the Brown Bag is a nonprofit agency which provides groceries to low-income elderly individuals in Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama. It was begun after a survey, done in conjunction with the Area Agency on Aging, showed many individuals were falling through the cracks and unable to get needed assistance from federal or local programs.
Our sites in Columbus and Phenix City are set-up like a small grocery store where the members (recipients) can make their own selections of the items they receive, at no cost to them. Preserving their dignity is a number one priority for us. Each site is manned 100% by volunteers who do greeting, registration, shopping, bagging, carry bags for those who can’t, and showing each of them that people do care about them. The volunteers also make home deliveries to the elderly who no longer can come in; provide pickup trucks and manpower on the days we stock the site; and help with seasonal activities and fund-raisers.
To the increasing number of elderly who are retiring, finding themselves in a poverty situation is devastating. The need for assistance is present and growing, so are the applications for our program. One of our goals is to be able to assist every qualified, elderly individual that comes each month. To accomplish this, we need more of our communities to be involved in helping those who have given so much of themselves in the past and now find themselves in need.
Support for our ministry comes from the community – through individuals, work groups, church groups, schools, and civic/social clubs. Over the past twenty years, thousands of elderly have been assisted due to the generosity of individuals just like you.
Thank you again for caring enough to help us help them.
THERE IS HOPE AND A WAY TO HELP
BROWN BAG OF COLUMBUS + YOU
BROWN BAG OF COLUMBUS + YOU
Phone: 706-596-8581
Email: brownbagofcolumbus@yahoo.com
Mail: PO Box 4828, Columbus, Ga 31914
Physical Address: 1342 17th Street, Columbus, Ga 31901 (directly behind Eastern Heights Baptist Church)
Email: brownbagofcolumbus@yahoo.com
Mail: PO Box 4828, Columbus, Ga 31914
Physical Address: 1342 17th Street, Columbus, Ga 31901 (directly behind Eastern Heights Baptist Church)