Give What You Can. Take What You Need.

UPDATE, JULY 2025:

The Little Free Food Pantry and the Period Pantry have reopened and are once again accepting donations.

Want to donate? You can! The Pantries are in front of Emmaus United Church of Christ, at 900 Maple Ave, East, Vienna, VA, 22180.

Please follow these General Guidelines for everyone’s safety.

• Non Perishable, Non-Expired items only

• NO GLASS containers or sharp objects

• Pull Tab tops on canned goods or easy open packets

• Place Pads/tampons in the Period Pantry

• NO BOOKS, there are 2 Little Free Libraries on the Emmaus campus

If the Pantries are full please leave donations in the gray plastic bin, labeled Little Free Pantry, outside of church front door.

Suggested Donations

Personal Care Items

• Hand Sanitizer

• Face Masks

• Individually wrapped toothbrush

• Small Size Toothpaste 

• Socks

• First Aid supplies

• Soap/Shampoo

• Brushes & Combs

• Hats/Gloves/Handwarmers (Winter)

• Pads/tampons

Nonperishable Foods

• Jerky

• Canned/Packets Meat

• Canned ready meals (pasta, chili)

• Nut and seed butter (single serve or small size preferred)

• Canned Fruit/Fruit Cups

• Peanut butter & other snack crackers

• Dried fruit, trail mix, nuts

• Granola/protein/breakfast bars

• Cereal, single serve

• Single Server shelf stable milk 

• Juice Boxes

• Canned Vegetables

• Canned Soup

• Water Bottles

In September 2020 the Emmaus Youth Group received a $500 service grant from the Potomac Association to build a Little Free Pantry, a project that was chosen by the Emmaus Youth Group members.The mini pantry movement is a grassroots, crowdsourced solution to immediate and local need. Whether a need for food or a need to give, mini pantries help feed neighbors, nourishing neighborhoods.

Over the course of 3 weekends in November, the Youth Group members gathered to construct and install the Pantry. The LFP has been up and running since and has gotten significant publicity on local social media groups (Vienna Foodies, Vienna Virtual Community).

The Youth Group checks and stocks the LFP weekly, but anyone can check the LFP throughout the week if you happen to be at the church. We keep a bin of extra supplies for the LFP in the coat closet and welcome support and donations. We also have a labeled box at the front door where donations can be left if the pantry is full.