Since 2001, the Community Storehouse has served over 22,000 unduplicated individuals, consisting of over a quarter of a million boxes of groceries, feeding needy families in Southside Virginia.  Currently, our database consists of 2,674 households we serve on a regular basis.  While the thought of thousands of people being hungry in our community may be surprising - even overwhelming - it the faces of those thousands of individuals that would probably most shock you. 

The face of hunger is the older couple who has worked hard for their entire lives only to find their savings wiped out by unavoidable medical bills; or a single mother who has to choose whether the salary from her minimum wage job will go to buy food or pay the rent; or the child who struggles to concentrate on his schoolwork because his family simply couldn't afford dinner the night before.

It is no secret that recent years have taken a toll on many families.  Due to the economic situation in our country, the number of layoffs in our area, rising cost of food, energy, and other necessities continue to make it more and more difficult for lower income families to make ends meet; and the truth is, many do not.