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Gulfport Senior Center Food Pantry Seeking Donations to Meet Growing Needs

It is an unfortunate social-economic trend taking place across the country, from Bridgeport, Conn. to Terre Haute, Indiana, to Denver, Colorado, and yes, right here in Gulfport. Community Food Pantries to help feed low-income families are hurting for non-perishable food donations, leaving the shelves in these pantries as bare as Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard. 

This is how often you will find the Gulfport Multipurpose Senior Center Pantry looking, even though as Susan Frank , supervisor of the senior center, noted, “we have a very small space.”  And that it is. Due to space limitations at the center, the food pantry is no more than a tiny closet. Yet, it serves dozens of people on a monthly basis, and that’s despite the food pantry now being limited in terms of those eligible to use it. 

According to Frank, to qualify you must be 50 years of age or older, be a Gulfport resident, and show you have an income that is considered at the poverty level, based on government guidelines. Other forms of eligibility for local seniors includes documentation showing you are on food stamps, relying on supplemental Social Security for income, are a Medicaid recipient or for shelter live in public housing as a Section 8 resident in Gulfport. 

“While these rules may seem rather stringent, we are flexible,” Frank noted. “If someone is clearly in need of food assistance, we won’t turn them away.”  Furthermore, many of those who qualify and do take advantage of the food pantry are allowed to do so twice a month.  Hence, the need for food donations to keep up with the demand is all the more imperative. 

The types of non-perishable food most popular and perhaps more nutritious than other food items Frank said are those “with protein in them. Tuna fish is good. And, almost anything with meat in it, like soups goes fast.”  She also encourages those who wish to contribute to the pantry to think about donating canned vegetables, cereals and items that would help those on “special diets,” such as food that doesn’t have any salt added. It also should be noted that pet food is welcomed at the food pantry, for low income seniors often have a hard time financially feeding their pets as well.  

Up until a few short years ago, the Gulfport Senior Center relied on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Distribution program to serve their constituents. However, according to Frank, this program reached a point where “there were too many rules placed on the center to provide service.”  This included a demand by program officials that the center open its food distribution program to the entire county. “This is something we just didn’t have the means to do.

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