Redemptorist Social Services Center

Who Can Visit?

Redemptorist Social Services Center has served the poor and elderly of metropolitan Kansas City since 1986. The center helps people facing chronic poverty, including the working poor, the elderly, the homebound and homeless, and those who are newly or long-term unemployed. Anyone who needs food assistance and lives in the area is welcome to use the food pantry.

Items Needed for Registration

Please bring proof of residency and identification for each person living in your household when you visit the food pantry.

How Often You Can Visit?

The food pantry is available once per week per household.

Good to Know

The food pantry is available on a walk-in basis, so no appointment is needed. It is open Monday through Thursday from 10am to 1pm. Reviewers suggest arriving a bit early. Plan ahead for how you will carry your groceries home — bring bags or a cart, use the KC Ride bus service, or come in your personal vehicle. The pantry can be busy, so allow extra time in case you have to wait.

Food & Essentials

The pantry is usually well stocked with food, fruit, and vegetables. Reviewers describe it as offering a large selection of food that you can choose from depending on your taste. The center also distributes toiletries and personal hygiene items to clients once a month, including products like soap, toothpaste, shampoo, and toilet paper. High-quality toiletry items are also available through the Dignity Closet once a month during your food pantry appointment.

How to Pick Up

The food pantry operates as a client-choice pantry. When you come in, staff and volunteers help you pick out your food from the available selection. One reviewer shared that "the gentlemen that help you pick out your food are so, so very nice and helpful!"

Additional Support

Redemptorist Center offers a wide range of services beyond food:

• Financial Assistance: Help with shelter, utility, and medical payments is available. To apply, visit the Financial Assistance section of their website at redemptoristcenter.org. Once your application is received, a case manager will call you. Be sure to include a phone number where you can be reached.
• Clothing Room: Open Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 12pm. All items are available to clients at no cost.
• Dignity Closet: Available to all clients once per month during your food pantry appointment, offering hygiene and personal care items.
• Mobile Distributions: Held on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Wednesday of each month at 5:30pm. Enter off Linwood and Wyandotte. Also on the 3rd Friday of each month in Clay County at Liberty Hospital at 5:30pm. Follow their social media accounts for updates and any location changes.
• Meals for People Experiencing Homelessness: A walk-up window on the east side of the building provides lunch and hygiene items Monday through Friday from 10am to 1pm. Staff also provide Saturday meal delivery to homebound seniors.
• Legal Assistance: Free legal counsel through partner attorneys for issues such as public entitlement, landlord and tenant matters, and more.
• Health Maintenance: A free ongoing program staffed by area health care professionals offering help finding community health resources, nutritional education, flu shots, home health assessments for homebound clients, and basic hygiene products.
• Senior Services: Minor home repairs, emergency assistance, and free legal and health screenings for elderly clients.
• Transportation: Assistance with ATA public transportation for those who need it.

For financial assistance, contact help@redemptoristcenter.org. For food pantry questions, contact pantry@redemptoristcenter.org. For general questions, call (816) 931-9942 or email info@redemptoristcenter.org. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm.

Ways to Give

Redemptorist Center welcomes donations of many kinds:

• Monetary donations: Give online using the Donate button on their website at redemptoristcenter.org/take-action, or mail a check to Redemptorist Center, 207 W. Linwood, Kansas City, MO 64111.
• In-kind donations: Urgently needed items include blankets, sheets and pillows, towels, small containers of laundry soap, men's clothing, men's shoes, and personal hygiene items such as soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, brushes, shampoo, and lotion.
• Workplace giving: Many employers match charitable contributions. Check with your human resources department to see if your employer participates.
• Planned giving: Endowments, bequests, life insurance, retirement plans, real estate, and IRA rollovers are all accepted.

To learn more about giving, call (816) 931-9942 or email info@redemptoristcenter.org.

How to Join the Team?

Volunteers are the heart of Redemptorist Center. There are many ways to get involved, including working in the food pantry, clothing room, answering phones, event planning, delivering Saturday homebound meals, organizing, and other tasks.

To sign up, complete the volunteer interest form on their website at redemptoristcenter.org/volunteer. You can also email volunteer@redemptoristcenter.org or call (816) 931-9942.