VOLUNTEER WITH NNEMAPNumerous volunteer opportunities are available every day at NNEMAP. Follow the “Learn More” link below for volunteer position descriptions or e-mail sean@nnemappantry.org for additional information.
The Big Give is Back (almost)!The Columbus Foundation does tremendous work supporting the region’s nonprofit community. Arts, education, social justice, food insecurity, literacy, animal rights…you name it, you can bet TCF is helping that organization fulfill its […]
IMMEDIATE NEEDSDue to the high volume of visitors to our pantry, our donation needs change frequently. To find out how you can help, contact us for ideas and information. Thank you for your support!
GET TO KNOW US!
NNEMAP’s history goes back to 1958. The construction of Interstate 670 disrupted the area’s “flytown” neighborhoods so drastically that home values plummeted. Within three months of the highway’s construction, a new population of disadvantaged persons needed emergency services. Fourth Avenue Christian Church opened a food pantry with several auxiliary services, and maintained it at their facility for 10 years. By 1968 about a dozen churches known as the Near Northside Cooperative Ministry were working with the Godman Guild Association to serve a population that had moved toward High Street. In April 1969, the pantry incorporated as Near Northside Emergency Material Assistance Program. The pantry operated for 17 years out of a house on Dennison Avenue, a former parsonage donated for the purpose by St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.
