Mobile Pantry
Mobile Pantry
The Mobile Pantry program brings free groceries directly to underserved areas and food deserts. This program utilizes trucks and vans stocked with an assortment of fresh produce, nutritious staples, and essential food items. By taking food distribution to the streets, this program ensures that vulnerable populations can easily access the nourishment they require.
- Come with your trunk empty. If you need to make room in your trunk for the product, please do so before you pull up to the front.
- Put your car completely in park at each stopping point and end all phone calls.
- Wait until you are called forward to proceed in the line.
- Do not get out of your vehicle.
- Food is available while supplies last.
- Food distribution dates and times are subject to change. Please check Foodbank social media pages (@FoodbankSEVA) for the most up-to-date information.
For more information, contact our
Mobile Logistics Manager at (757) 314-4568.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can find a free mobile food pantry with fresh produce near you by visiting our online directory. Enter your ZIP code to view upcoming mobile pantry distribution events across Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore. Our mobile pantries bring fresh produce, dairy, proteins, and pantry staples directly to underserved neighborhoods, with no income verification or appointment required.
To access a drive-through mobile food pantry truck, visit our online mobile pantry distribution calendar and find an event near you. Drive-through events let you receive groceries directly into your vehicle—no need to leave your car. Our food bank trucks operate this contactless model at many stops, making free emergency groceries accessible, dignified, and convenient for families throughout the region.
Our mobile food pantry truck schedules are available on our online directory or mobile pantry webpage. Each food truck distribution event is scheduled weekly or monthly across underserved neighborhoods in southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore. Enter your ZIP code to view upcoming dates, times, and locations. Mobile pantries rotate through dozens of communities, ensuring consistent access to free, nutritious groceries for food-insecure families.
You can support local mobile pantry distributions by making a monetary donation to The Foodbank. Donations help provide nutritious food to neighbors in need, including purchasing fresh produce and other resources needed to support mobile pantry distributions throughout the community. When a donation is not designated for a specific program, we use the funds where they are needed most to help ensure healthy meals are accessible to neighbors across its service area.