Dunedin Cares is a Client-Choice Pantry

A client-choice food pantry enables guests to choose their food as they would at a grocery store, rather than getting bags of food pre-packed for them by pantry staff.
Guests can choose their food creating an atmosphere of respect, building trust between clients, staff, and volunteers.

Our Mission

Dunedin Cares Food Pantry will strive to alleviate hunger by providing food to the local community, showing kindness, respect, and compassion as neighbors help neighbors.

How?

We receive food and money from our community corporations, schools, churches, local businesses, HOA's, other Non Profits, lots of individuals, and over 16,900 volunteer hours.

Why in Dunedin?

Statistics indicated that even in our delightful city of Dunedin, Florida, there were pockets of people who are “food insecure”, where children go to bed hungry and the elderly choose to purchase their medication over food.

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Upcoming Events

August & September

We also provide personal care items - toothpaste, toilet paper, deodorant & more! Check out our wish list and Amazon List for what we need most of!

Free Museum Admission with 2 Donated Items!

For the entire month of August, bring in 2 urgently needed Food Pantry items to the Dunedin History Museum and you will receive free admission!

Two items per person please.

https://www.dunedinmuseum.org

Pinellas Trail Challenge

Saturday, September 3, 2022

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Pinellas Trail Challenge - an Ultramarathon that runs the Pinellas trail, and this year's charity is... Dunedin Cares!

Start line: Downtown St. Pete – 1st Avenue SE and Bay Shore Dr SE

Finish line: Josiah Cephas Weaver Park , Dunedin,

Race signup and info: (link)

Madison Avenue Pizza

Pizza Challenge!

32" Pizza Challenge to Fight Food Insecurity: 1 hour, two people... finish it and Dunedin Cares gets $100! Don't finish it? Dunedin Cares gets $50!

Closed Labor Day

Closed Friday, Saturday, (Sunday), & Monday

See you on Tuesday Sept 6th during our regular hours!

Date: TBD!

Dunedin Cares

Cornhole Competition

+ Silent Auction

at HOB

More Details Coming Soon!

Our mission is 100% dependent on direct donations, grants and corporate sponsorships.

Check out our partnerships and join us today!

Core Values

Respectability

We shall honor our guests, our donors, and our volunteers at every opportunity.

Accountability

a) We will honor the public's trust by maintaining the highest ethics and stewardship standards. b) No one should go hungry. c) We will operate with transparency and fiscal accountability.

Accessibility

We will ensure all guests equitable access to our food pantry.

Service

a) We will serve others in a courteous, respectful, sensitive, non- judgmental, and compassionate manner. (b) We shall strive to increase the dignity of those we help as they are our guests.

Faith

We have a strong belief in God and the ability to succeed.

Availability

We will ensure that quality, nutritious food and related supplies are available throughout our service area.

Advocacy

We will be the community's voice about hunger and speak out for those who do not have a voice. We will maintain and communicate information to others about food insecurity.

Collaboration

We will actively seek to form and broaden partnerships committed to furthering our mission to relieve hunger.