Providing food for your family is essential, and when hard times hit, you can be left wondering where to turn. We made this guide to food banks, pantries, and programs in Spartanburg, SC to help families find fast support in our community. If you know any additional resources or updates needed, please let us know!
Food insecurity can feel overwhelming, but don’t be afraid: We live in an area that is rich in community resources and faith-based organizations where you can find support.
Don’t know where to start? Just contact these resources one at a time, ask if they can help, and if not, ask for ideas on other organizations to try. Keep a log of the places you’ve called and the information they’ve given you. Available resources are constantly changing with community demands, support, and funding, so you just have to be persistent, check back often, and chase down as many new leads as you can.
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Get Inspired: One Life Resource
First, we’d like to introduce you to a young man who was inspired to start his own mobile food pantry. Kolby Cox was just a 13-year-old in Boiling Springs, SC when the project began.
While Kolby was volunteering with a group to distribute free meals outside a local business, he met a Spartanburg County local who was experiencing homelessness. The man explained to Kolby that he was living nearby under some bushes with five other people, just trying to make it through each day.
Kolby was inspired to help, and the first of his pop-up food pantries was born. These pantries are placed at high-need locations around the county, where they are accessible to the public 24/7 with no questions asked. Eventually, Kolby’s project grew into One Life Resource, a local organization committed to ending hunger, homelessness, and suicide.
When asked what advice he had for others who are inspired and want to serve their own communities, Kolby said, “Seeing how helpful that pantry is to people was inspiring. Keep trying and don’t give up.”
School Food Service Program
The Summer Food Service Program is part of a national initiative to address childhood food insecurity, and there are multiple meal pickup sites around Spartanburg County every single summer. You do not have to meet any income requirements to feed your child through this program. Any child, aged 18 years old or younger, who lives in a district near a Title I school is eligible for inclusion.
To find out how to enroll in the program or to find your nearest meal pickup site, text the word FOOD to 877-877 or call 1-866-3-HUNGRY.
For more information on the Summer Food Service Program in our area, please check out our article on Free Summer Meal Programs.
Top 12 Resources for Food Access
The following resources for food accessibility are well established in the Spartanburg community and have been recently verified by our team. For the full list of potential resources to assist your family, please scroll down to our larger Food Access Directory.
Bridge at Green Street
Location: 317 Green Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: 864.583.5419
Reported Services: Food Pantry
Carpenter’s Table
Location: 5955 Reidville Road, Moore, SC 29369
Phone: 864.909.1366
Reported Services: Food Bank
Greater Spartanburg Ministries
Location: 680 Asheville Highway, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: 864.585.9371
Reported Services: Food Pantry
Greer Community Ministries
Location: 738 South Line Street Extension, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.877.1937
Reported Services: Food Bank, Group Meals, In-Home Meals
“For food assistance, please visit our office anytime Monday-Friday between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM. Please bring your ID showing your address in one of the following areas: Greer, Lyman, Taylors, Duncan, Wellford, Startex, Woodruff, Campobello, or Inman. Walk-ins welcome for food assistance. Appointments must be made for clothing assistance. We assist families with food and clothing every 90 days.”
-Greer Community Ministries
Greer Soup Kitchen
Location: 521 East Poinsett Street, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.968.0323
Reported Services: Food Bank, Grocery Assistance, Soup Kitchen
Middle Tyger Community Center
Location: 84 Groce Road, Lyman, SC 29365
Phone: 603.459.9547
Reported Services: Food Pantry, Group Meals
Mobile Meals
Location: 419 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
Phone: 864.572.7684
Reported Services: In-Home Meals
Operation Hope, Inc.
Location: 108 West Rutherford Street, Landrum, SC 29356
Phone: 864.457.1005
Reported Services: Food Pantry
Spartanburg Soup Kitchen
Location: 136 South Forest Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306
Phone: 864.585.0022
Reported Services: Fresh Produce, Group Meals, Soup Kitchen
TOTAL Ministries
Location: 976 South Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
Phone: 864.585.9167
Reported Services: Food Assistance
“TOTAL Ministries helps with food and utility bills that are facing disconnection. You need to bring in your Photo ID, proof of income, a bill with name and address matching your ID, and Social Security cards for everyone in your household. We are open 9am until noon, Monday through Thursday. It is best to get here around 9am, because we do fill up pretty fast.”
-TOTAL Ministries
Upstate Family Resource Center
Location: 1850 Old Furnace Road, Boiling Springs, SC 29316
Phone: 864.578.1379
Reported Services: Food Bank, Free Bakery
Woodruff Area Soup Kitchen
Location: 340 McArthur Street, Woodruff, SC 29388
Phone: 864.476.3589
Reported Services: Soup Kitchen
Food Access Directory
The following is an organized list with contact information for all the potential food access resources we have located in Spartanburg County.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON OUTDATED RESOURCES:
Families in this situation are often given outdated resources, forcing them to waste precious time on leads that go nowhere. In the interest of helping families navigate this obstacle, we are currently keeping outdated resources on this list with a note indicating their last reported status. If you see any resources on our list that need updating, please let us know!
Boiling Springs, SC
Boiling Springs Community Building*
Location: 182 Rainbow Lake Road, Boiling Springs, SC 29316
Phone: 864.804.5813
Reported Services: Group Meals
*Also listed as Boiling Springs Community Park.
Boiling Springs Community Park*
Location: 182 Rainbow Lake Road, Boiling Springs, SC 29316
Phone: 864.804.5813
Reported Services: Group Meals
*Also listed as Boiling Springs Community Building.
Upstate Family Resource Center
Location: 1850 Old Furnace Road, Boiling Springs, SC 29316
Phone: 864.578.1379
Reported Services: Food Bank, Free Bakery
Chesnee Community Center*
Location: 302 East Manning Street, Chesnee, SC 29323
Phone: 864.461.0302
Reported Services: Food Pantry
*Also listed as VSP Club of Senior Centers.
Fosters Grove Baptist Church
Location: 899 Fosters Grove Road, Chesnee, SC 29323
Phone: 864.578.4503
Reported Services: N/A
Garden Church
Location: 625 Cooley Springs Road, Chesnee, SC 29323
Phone: 864.621.3938
Reported Services: N/A
VSP Club of Senior Centers*
Location: 302 East Manning Street, Chesnee, SC 29323
Phone: 864.461.0302
Reported Services: Food Pantry
*Also listed as Chesnee Community Center.
Greer, SC
Brushy Creek First Assembly of God*
Location: 3610 Brushy Creek Road, Greer, SC 29650
Phone: 864.877.0419
Reported Services: N/A
*Also listed as Helping Hands of Greer and Trinity Fellowship Church.
Daily Bread Ministries*
Location: 521 East Poinsett Street, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.968.0323
Reported Services: Food Bank, Grocery Assistance, Soup Kitchen
*Also listed as Greer Soup Kitchen.
DHEC Health Offices – Greer*
Location: 113-C Berry Avenue, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.334.3498
Reported Services: N/A
*CLOSED (Reported 10/26/2025).
DSS Offices – Greer*
Location: 202 Victoria Street, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.848.5380
Reported Services: N/A
*CLOSED (Reported 10/26/2025).
Enoree Fork Baptist Church*
Location: 100 Enoree Road, Greer, SC 29650
Phone: 864.963.4441
Reported Services: Food Bank
*Also listed as God’s Pantry #06.
God’s Pantry #06*
Location: 100 Enoree Road, Greer, SC 29650
Phone: 864.963.4441
Reported Services: Food Bank
*Also listed as Enoree Fork Baptist Church.
Greer Church of God
Location: 500 Trade Street, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.877.3610
Reported Services: N/A
Greer Community Ministries*
Location: 738 South Line Street Extension, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.877.1937
Reported Services: Food Bank, Group Meals, In-Home Meals
*This is one of the Top 12 Resources we recommend for food assistance in Spartanburg County!
“For food assistance, please visit our office anytime Monday-Friday between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM. Please bring your ID showing your address in one of the following areas: Greer, Lyman, Taylors, Duncan, Wellford, Startex, Woodruff, Campobello, or Inman. Walk-ins welcome for food assistance. Appointments must be made for clothing assistance. We assist families with food and clothing every 90 days.”
-Greer Community Ministries
Greer Community Outreach Distribution Center
Location: 300 Arlington Road, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.478.9911
Reported Services: Food Pantry, Take-Home Meals
Greer Relief
Location: 202 Victoria Street, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.848.5355
Reported Services: Food Assistance
Greer Soup Kitchen*
Location: 521 East Poinsett Street, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.968.0323
Reported Services: Food Bank, Grocery Assistance, Soup Kitchen
*Also listed as Daily Bread Ministries.
Helping Hands of Greer*
Location: 3610 Brushy Creek Road, Greer, SC 29650
Phone: 864.877.0419
Reported Services: N/A
*Also listed as Brushy Creek First Assembly of God and Trinity Fellowship Church.
Needmore Center
Location: 203 Canteen Avenue, Greer, SC 29650
Phone: 864.907.0208
Reported Services: Group Meals
Potter’s House Food Bank*
Location: 105 Hunt Street, Suite H, Greer, SC 29650
Phone: 864.508.9487
Reported Services: N/A
*CLOSED (Reported 10/26/2025).
Resurrection Church
Location: 900 North Main Street, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.877.2288
Reported Services: Food Pantry
Sharon United Methodist Church
Location: 1421 Reidville Sharon Road, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.979.7179
Reported Services: Food Pantry
Trinity Fellowship Church*
Location: 3610 Brushy Creek Road, Greer, SC 29650
Phone: 864.877.0419
Reported Services: N/A
*Also listed as Brushy Creek First Assembly of God and Helping Hands of Greer.
Washington Baptist Church
Location: 3500 North Highway 14, Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.895.1510
Reported Services: Food Pantry, Grocery Assistance
Landrum, SC
Anne Regan Aging Well Center*
Location: 503 South Randolph Street, Landrum, SC 29356
Phone: 864.327.2123
Reported Services: Group Meals
*Also listed as Landrum Aging Well Center and Landrum Community Center.
First Baptist Landrum
Location: 300 East Rutherford Street, Landrum, SC 29356
Phone: 864.457.4118
Reported Services: N/A
Landrum Aging Well Center*
Location: 503 South Randolph Street, Landrum, SC 29356
Phone: 864.327.2123
Reported Services: Group Meals
*Also listed as Anne Regan Aging Well Center and Landrum Community Center.
Landrum Community Center*
Location: 503 South Randolph Street, Landrum, SC 29356
Phone: 864.327.2123
Reported Services: N/A
*Also listed as Anne Regan Aging Well Center and Landrum Aging Well Center.
Landrum United Methodist Church
Location: 227 North Howard Avenue, Landrum, SC 29356
Phone: 864.457.3984
Reported Services: Food Pantry
Operation Hope, Inc.
Location: 108 West Rutherford Street, Landrum, SC 29356
Phone: 864.457.1005
Reported Services: Food Pantry
Moore, SC
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Location: 797 Old Georgia Road, Moore, SC 29369
Phone: 864.576.6355
Reported Services: N/A
Carpenter’s Table
Location: 5955 Reidville Road, Moore, SC 29369
Phone: 864.909.1366
Reported Services: Food Bank
Pacolet, SC
Hunters for the Hungry
Location: 980 Sunny Acres Road, Pacolet, SC 29372
Phone: 484.542.9158
Reported Services: Food Pantry Supply Warehouse
Pacolet Senior Center*
Location: 195 Coleman Circle, Pacolet, SC 29372
Phone: 864.474.3053
Reported Services: Group Meals
*Also listed as TW Edwards Community Center.
TW Edwards Community Center*
Location: 195 Coleman Circle, Pacolet, SC 29372
Phone: 864.474.3053
Reported Services: Group Meals
*Also listed as Pacolet Senior Center.
Bethlehem Center
Location: 397 Highland Avenue, Spartanburg, SC 29306
Phone: 864.582.7158
Reported Services: Food Bank
Miracle Hill Ministries*
Location: 189 North Forest Street, Spartanburg, SC 29301
Phone: 864.583.1628
Reported Services: Group Meals, Thanksgiving Turkeys
*Also listed as Spartanburg Rescue Mission.
Mobile Meals
Location: 419 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
Phone: 864.572.7684
Reported Services: In-Home Meals
Northwest Community Center*
Location: 701 Saxon Avenue, Spartanburg, SC 29301
Phone: 864.596.3946
Reported Services: N/A
*CLOSED (Reported 10/26/2025).
Piedmont Care
Location: 101 North Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
Phone: 864.582.7773
Reported Services: Food Bank
Piedmont Community Action
Location: 704 Howard Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: 864.585.8183
Reported Services: N/A
Salvation Army of Spartanburg
Location: 1529 John B. White Sr. Boulevard, Spartanburg, SC 29301
Phone: 864.576.6670
Reported Services: Food Pantry
Solid Rock Church of Spartanburg
Location: 1326 Union Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
Phone: 864.342.0107
Reported Services: N/A
Spartan Food Pantry*
Location: 180 Gramling Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: 864.503.5106
Reported Services: Food Pantry
*Also listed as USC Upstate Student Food Pantry.
Spartanburg Rescue Mission*
Location: 189 North Forest Street, Spartanburg, SC 29301
Phone: 864.583.1628
Reported Services: Group Meals, Thanksgiving Turkeys
*Also listed as Miracle Hill Ministries.
Spartanburg Soup Kitchen
Location: 136 South Forest Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306
Phone: 864.585.0022
Reported Services: Fresh Produce, Group Meals, Soup Kitchen
TK Gregg Community Center
Location: 650 Howard Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: 864.591.4354
Reported Services: N/A
TOTAL Ministries*
Location: 976 South Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
Phone: 864.585.9167
Reported Services: Food Assistance
*This is one of the Top 12 Resources we recommend for food assistance in Spartanburg County!
“TOTAL Ministries helps with food and utility bills that are facing disconnection. You need to bring in your Photo ID, proof of income, a bill with name and address matching your ID, and Social Security cards for everyone in your household. We are open 9am until noon, Monday through Thursday. It is best to get here around 9am, because we do fill up pretty fast.”
-TOTAL Ministries
Startex, SC
Vineyard Church
Location: 20 Chestnut Street, Startex, SC 29377
Phone: 864.670.0142
Reported Services: Food Pantry
Wellford, SC
Church at The Mill – Lake Cooley Campus*
Location: 2691 Ballenger Road, Wellford, SC 29385
Phone: 864.439.6936
Reported Services: N/A
*Also listed as The Church at Lake Cooley.
The Church at Lake Cooley*
Location: 2691 Ballenger Road, Wellford, SC 29385
Phone: 864.439.6936
Reported Services: N/A
*Also listed as Church at The Mill – Lake Cooley Campus.
Woodruff, SC
Helping Hands Ministries
Location: 206 Chamblin Street, Woodruff, SC 29388
Phone: 864.476.2401
Reported Services: Take-Home Meals
Woodruff Leisure Center
Location: 550 Cavins Road, Woodruff, SC 29388
Phone: 864.476.7967
Reported Services: N/A
Woodruff Area Soup Kitchen
Location: 340 McArthur Street, Woodruff, SC 29388
Phone: 864.476.3589
Reported Services: Soup Kitchen
More Food Access Lists to Explore
Kidding Around’s Greenville County List
If you are in Greenville County, or even on that side of Spartanburg County, then be sure to check our list of Food Pantries and Food Banks in Greenville, SC, too!
Harvest of Hope Locations
The local chapter of Harvest of Hope partners with over 100 churches and other organizations in Upstate South Carolina to combat hunger. If you’ve ever participated in Disney on Ice‘s canned food drive that offers free tickets to the show in exchange for donations, then your donations went to Harvest of Hope!
You can search by zip code to find dozens of food assistance sites near you.
Ten At The Top’s Upstate Food Access Map
Ten At The Top created this interactive map in 2020, providing a visual guide for people in search of food assistance across Upstate South Carolina. The map includes food banks, food pantries, group meals, meal delivery services, soup kitchens, and more. Click on the location pins nearest to you for more information on each one!
United Way’s SC211
United Way offers a free statewide resource directory which can be accessed by dialing 211 from any phone in the area or by visiting the SC211 online. To jump straight to SC211’s search results for Food Access in Spartanburg County, click here.
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Kidding Around Team
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