Local Resources

209 Market Place @ Virginia Tech

Blacksburg Interfaith Food Pantry

209 Market Place is a donation-based, emergency, local food pantry that provides food, toiletries, and school supplies free to Virginia Tech students in need. Open Mondays & Wednesdays 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm.

Tel: 540-552-2827

E-mail: 209marketplaceatvt@gmail.com

Blacksburg Interfaith Food Pantry

Blacksburg Interfaith Food Pantry supplies groceries to local residents in need. Open Mondays and Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:30 pm and Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:00 - 11:30 am.

Tel: 540-951-8134

E-mail: bburgifp@gmail.com

Micah's Backpack

Blacksburg Interfaith Food Pantry

Micah's Backpack

Micah's Backpack distributes food to qualifying children in the Montgomery County school system.

Tel: 540-951-8951

E-mail: hope@micahsbackpack.org

Meals on Wheels

Montgomery, VA Baby Shop

Micah's Backpack

Meals on Wheels America is a nonprofit organization with over 5,000 programs across the country, offering older Americans relief by providing meals, overcoming social isolation and removing safety hazards in their homes. Currently, Meals on Wheels is helping 2.4 million Americans annually. Click here for more information.

Micah's Mini Pantries

Montgomery, VA Baby Shop

24/7 availability of food and personal care items. Two locations:

Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, 600 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg
St. Michael Lutheran Church, 2308 Merrimac Rd., Blacksburg

Montgomery, VA Baby Shop

The Montgomery County Baby Shop helps families in Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Radford and Montgomery County with newborns to five years old children in need. Photo ID, proof of residency and enrollment in any social services are required; all items are free.

Tel: 540-382-2410

E-mail: babyshopmcva@gmail.com

Northside Presbyterian Church Monday Meals

Free meal on Monday nights to anyone

from 6-6:30 pm

1017 Progress Street, NW in Blacksburg

Tel: 540-552-4327

NRV Community Fridge

Northside Presbyterian Church Monday Meals

Community Stocked Fridge with Free Food

Future Economy Collective

202 South Main Street, Suite 10, Blacksburg

Tel: 540-200-8028

SMART Recovery

Northside Presbyterian Church Monday Meals

YMCA at Virginia Tech

SMART Recovery is a fresh approach to addiction recovery, helping more than one million people each year – including individuals working to recover, and the family members of loved ones who need help. SMART Recovery hosts confidential, anonymous online and in-person meetings around the world. You can find 24/7 support through online meetings, chat and forums at www.smartrecovery.org/ community. You can also find specialized meetings and resources for a variety of communities, including Family & Friends, veterans and first responders, women, LGBTQ+ and more. The Social Ministry Committee would also like to remind you that Pastor Monica is a certified Spiritual Director and is available to help you.

YMCA at Virginia Tech

YMCA at Virginia Tech After-school program, Daily and prepared meals on site

403 Washington St. SW, Blacksburg

Tel: 540-961-9622

E-mail: outreach@vtymca.org

Lutheran Resources

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

We are the church that shares a living, daring confidence in God’s grace. Liberated by our faith, we embrace you as a whole person—questions, complexities and all. Visit the website.

Virginia Synod, ELCA

As children of God and followers of Jesus, each of us is a part of the body of Christ and individually members of it. For the sake of God’s mission and ministry, God’s people gather together to share their gifts and to work together to share in God’s mission to love and bless the world. To strengthen our response to God’s love in Virginia, 145 Lutheran congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are joined together as the Virginia Synod.

Reconciling Works

Reconciling Works is an independent, Lutheran, membership-supported organization, committed to strengthening all of God’s beloved for authentic, visible, faithful lives and to work for systemic change within the church and society.

Lutheran World Relief

Affirming God’s love for all people, Lutheran World Relief (LWR) works with Lutherans and partners around the world to end poverty, injustice and human suffering.

Lutheran Disaster Relief

Lutheran Disaster Relief (LDR) brings God’s hope, healing and renewal to people whose lives have been disrupted by disasters in the United States and around the world.

Living Lutheran Magazine

Living Lutheran is your source for news, reflections and stories from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and its local and global companions. We cover religious news and social issues, congregational life, global and domestic mission, family matters, spiritual practices and resources, and more.