De Pere Christian Outreach Food Pantry
DePere Christian Outreach began in 1990 with eight area churches working together to create a thrift store to provide low-cost clothing and household goods to community members facing financial challenges. In 2008, the group started a food pantry in the basement of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church to help low-income and in-need community members provide food for their families. In the years that followed, the organization built a new facility on the church grounds. Today, the DPCO Food Pantry provides pre-packaged cartons of canned and dry foods along with meat, eggs, butter, and milk to over 65 families (approximately 150 clients) each week. Additionally, DPCO partners with Feeding America, WalMart, KwikTrip, and Starbucks to stock a “free choice room” from which clients can choose additional items like prepared foods and meals and seasonal produce.
Location: De Pere, WI
Grant Amount: Non-Perishable Items Donation
Grantee: Food Pantry
“We appreciate the work Fox Cares Foundation is doing; it’s making a difference!”
Doug Bergan, Outreach Specialist, De Pere Christian Outreach Food Pantry
In 2024, the Fox Cares Foundation partnered with Fox Communities Credit Union to add a non-perishable food collection drive to the 2024 Bike to the Beat event. DPCO Food Pantry was one of the event’s first recipients, receiving enough food to feed a family of five for an entire week. “There’s no end in sight of where there’s going to continue to be needs in our community,” notes DPCO Food Pantry Outreach Specialist, Doug Bergan. “We’re very appreciative that Fox Cares was thoughtful enough to think about De Pere Christian Outreach.”