God's Pantry Ministries

I am severely disappointed with God's Pantry. I called them this morning asking if they would take a working 50" flatscreen TV and was told yes. The lady that answered the phone, I think her name is Debbie or Carrie asked me a couple of questions and said I could bring it in and someone would help me unload it. When I got there this afternoon I was turned away cause they didn't think they could get rid of it. WHY would you tell me to bring it in, if you had no intention of taking it? Or at the very least, advise me you MIGHT not take it. I had to load this heavy TV into my van and drive 13 miles there and back for absolutely NO REASON! This not only wasted my gas but it wasted me time. Here I was trying to donate this working TV for someone or some family to make use of it for free, rather than me recycling it for parts (since it's a working TV). Only to be disappointment by this experience of an organization taking what looked like Uhaul's worth of junk than a nice, gently used perfectly functional tv. If anyone else is looking into donating a TV, just recycle it with uBreakiFix for free.
Apr 9th, 2024

This is the worst place I have ever gone to. The owner is rude,they take all donations included food for there friends and family. They are very racist against blacks. Someone should really take a look at this place. I'm new in town it was an very awful experience. I bought a couple of item that didn't work. They wouldn't give me a refund nor store credit.
Feb 20th, 2024

Not worth the cost of gas, was told to go here by care and share. They gave a family of 4, 5 cans of food the cost to get a ride here I should have ordered food. Was trying to save money since I'm a mom and student currently unemployed looking for work. Don't go here if your struggling it was such a waste. We also had to go back to get an ID and an old grey haired woman who Identified herself as the woman on the phone tried to gaslight me she wasn't rude to me over the phone and that they didn't have his ID. Will update after we go back to check footage on cameras. *Update* we had to contact police dispatch because they did not show me footage. Later we found out they had given my husband's ID to someone else. And we only found out when we realized he didn't have it and came back to retrieve it. So they do check ID here but they did not look at IDs when returning them. However, the gal who gave his ID away was kind enough to pay for its replacement. Please be vigilant should you go here for assistance and make sure you have your ID. My husband is partially deaf and the kid who swears she gave it back to him placed it on the table, since I never saw video footage I can't say for sure if she said anything to him but there is a big difference in putting a card by someone and handing it back to their hand. I just have to trust what the officer told us which was the kid took his ID and another person gave his ID away on accident. He couldn't get any help today anywhere else or apply to jobs because he had no way to identify himself for any benefits such as TANIF or unemployment. I understand mistakes can happen, but please change formatting to just look at IDs not take them and if they are taken please hand them back immediately as this whole situation could have gone differently if better precautions were taken. Personally after my experience today I will never be returning. It left a bad taste in my mouth as we are struggling to get back on our feet. My husband is a veteran and didn't do his 20 years, so we got nothing in return.
Feb 3rd, 2024

A good place to get food and a variety of other items cheap, however the lady that runs the place is often rude and incompassionate whether on the phone or in person. I called to see if they had a certain item because I don't have a car and it's a hardship for me to get there so I can't waste a trip, and she said "I don't know what we have! I'm not going to get up and see! That's ridiculous!".
Jan 15th, 2024

Jan 4th, 2024