Who We Help

Waste Not Want Not helps groups ranging from large shelters serving thousands of meals a week, food pantries handing out groceries to hundreds of families, church groups feeding dozens of homeless people in the woods, to mentors providing snacks to a handful of children in afterschool programs.  There are several ways our recipients use the food they receive which include Food Distribution, Food Service,  and Special Events.


FOOD DISTRIBUTION

Many organizations help the less-fortunate by providing them with groceries rescued by Waste Not Want Not.  Those listed in italics receive food weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.  The rest receive food as needed or as available

FOOD PANTRIES, FOOD BANKS, SERVICE AGENCIES

Clay:

  • Abundant Life
  • Black Creek Methodist Church
  • Calvary Assembly of God (Calvary Cares)
  • Calvary Baptist Church Middleburg
  • Calvary United Methodist Church
  • Clay County Emergency Food Assistance Program 
  • Clay County Habitat for Humanity
  • Clay County Homeless Outreach
  • Clay County Rescue Mission
  • The Clothes Closet and Food Pantry of Orange Park
  • The Father’s Heart Ministries
  • First Black Creek Baptist Church
  • Food for Clay County
  • The Food Pantry of Green Cove Springs
  • Guardian ad Litem
  • Good Samaritan Church
  • Journey Out
  • Kids First of Florida
  • Lake Area Ministries
  • Lake Asbury Junior High
  • LAS Marketplace Ministries
  • Living Hope Baptist Church
  • McRae Elementary
  • Middletowne Apartments
  • Orange Cove Seventh Day Adventist Church
  • Orange Park High School
  • Orange Park United Methodist Church
  • Springs Church
  • St. Giles Presbyterian Church
  • St. Luke’s Parish Outreach
  • WE Cherry Elementary

Duval:

  • Angel Kids Foundation
  • Arlington Community Services
  • Catholic Charities
  • Community Health Outreach (The Lord’s Pantry)
  • Cornerstone Chosen Ministries
  • Daily Growth Outreach
  • Deliverance Christian Center
  • Don’t Miss a Beat
  • Downtown Ecumenical Services Council
  • Duval Charter Scholars Academy
  • ED White High School
  • El-Beth-El 
  • Evangel Temple Assembly of God (Samaritan House)
  • Fellowship Baptist Church
  • God’s Glory from Heaven Above
  • Jewish Family and Community Services
  • The Hub 5 International Church (Joseph’s Pantry)
  • Impacting Lives Christian Ministries
  • Iglesia Pentecostal 
  • Keys to the Kingdom
  • Life Changing Ministries
  • Lifepoint Christian Fellowship
  • Light of the World Christian Church
  • Love Cleans
  • Mandarin Presbyterian Church
  • Messagiers Pour Christ
  • Northside Church of Christ
  • Rolling Hills
  • Saved 2 Serve
  • St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
  • St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
  • Tabernacle of Jesus Christ
  • Tiger Academy
  • Trinity Deliverance Christian Church
  • Trinity Lutheran Church
  • Truth in Love Ministries
  • Victory in Christ
  • Way of the Truth
  • Westside Church of Christ

Other:

  • Baker County Ministers’ Association (Baker)
  • Bradford Ecumenical Services (Bradford)
  • EpicCure (Putnam, St. Johns)
  • Feed the Need of Putnam County (Putnam)
  • Just for Jesus (Putnam)
  • Pie in the Sky (St. Johns)
  • Putnam Pantry (Putnam)
  • Starke Seventh Day Adventist Church (Bradford)
  • St. Monica’s Catholic Church (Putnam)
  • The Children’s Table (Alachua/Bradford/Citrus/Columbia/Dixie/Gilchrist/Marion/Levy/Suwannee/Union)

FOOD SERVICE

Some groups use food received from Waste Not Want Not to prepare food which is then served ready-to eat at  permanent locations such as missions and group homes, places used occasionally to feed the hungry such as church soup kitchens, or on the streets and in the woods where it is distributed to homeless people.  Those listed in italics receive food weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.

Missions & Soup Kitchens

  • Argyle Church of Christ – Duval
  • Calvary Baptist Church Middleburg – Clay
  • City Rescue Mission  -Duval
  • Interlachen Soup Kitchen
  • River Christian Church
  • Senior Center of Orange Park
  • St. Catherine’s Church (@ IM Sulzbacher)
  • Soup Kitchen of Clay County: Green Cove Springs, Middleburg, Orange Park

Mobile Meals

  • Celebration Church – Clay
  • Circle of Hope – Clay
  • Hippie Que – Duval
  • New Dawn Outreach – Duval
  • Saved 2 Serve – Duval/Clay
  • Spiritual Moving Bodies for Christ

Small Groups:  Homes + Meetings + Day Centers + After School Programs

Clay:

  • BASCA Men’s Homes & BASCA Women’s Homes
  • Boy Scouts of America: Black Creek District
  • Clay Behavioral
  • Clay County Habitat for Humanity (Collegiate Challenge)
  • Club Challenge
  • Quigley House
  • Wilkinson Junior High

Duval:

  • Girls Inc.
  • Hogar C.R.E.A.
  • Partnership for Child Health 
  • Rethreaded
  • Riverside Tradition House
  • San Jose Prep
  • Tamika School of Epicure
  • Westside Club of AA

Other:

  • Communita Cenacolo: Saint Vincent de Paul Farm, Mary Immaculate House – St. Johns County

SPECIAL EVENTS

Most of the groups that receive food from Waste Not Want Not do so on a regular basis to fill an ongoing need in our community.  But we also provide food to organizations for special events addressing a particular community need such as back-to-school backpack handouts, Special Olympics, and Homeless Outreach Programs.

Waste Not Want Not has been a proud contributor to the Clay Count Empty Bowls luncheon for many years.  This annual event, at which guest receive a modest meal of soup, bread and a cookie, raises money for the Salvation Army of Clay County’s rent and utilities assistance programs.  Local celebrities serve the soup prepared by a restaurant and the bread and cookies provided by Waste Not Want Not.  Guests also select a bowl from the many beautiful items handmade by local students.

THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS

Holiday Baskets

From mid-October through the end of the year, Waste Not Want Not stocks the freezers of local churches, food pantries and even schools that will be delivering Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets to those in need.  Waste Not Want Not provides pies, rolls, breads, and gifts for >600 baskets filled and delivered by

  • Don’t Miss a Beat
  • Life Changing Ministries
  • Omega
  • Sisterly Act
  • Springs Church
  • St. Giles’ Presbyterian Church
  • St Luke’s Catholic Church Outreach
  • St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
  • VFW Middleburg
  • Way of the Truth

 Holiday Meals

  • City Rescue Mission
  • Clay Behavioral
  • Feast of Plenty OP Community Thanksgiving Dinner
  • Saved 2 Serve

Holiday Events

  •  JP Hall Annual Christmas Party