The Food Pantry of Waukesha County is now located in its new facility on Sentry Drive, just north of Sunset Drive in Waukesha. The program started and sustains to "End Hunger. Start Here."
The program began in 1980 and is now feeding thousands of Waukesha residents each month. Besides accepting donations and distributing free grocery items to the community, the program is intertwined with other programs and resources that support the community.
To determine your eligibility for help or donation, call the Food Pantry or email questions at [email protected]. Volunteer opportunities are available.
Part of the North American Baptist Conference, Ridgewood Baptist Church offers worship services at 10 a.m. Sundays, followed by fellowship. Ridgewood Baptist has diverse youth programming for children from ages 3 through high school, including Thursday evening events for teens and a basketball program for kids in kindergarten through sixth grade. On Thursdays, it offers a 2:15-4 p.m. after-school teen center for early release days for Elmbrook School District students. Ridgewood also is a group for active seniors called 55 Alive.
Pilgrim is associated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and operates both a pre-school, the Little Lambs of Pilgrim Learning Center, and Pilgrim Lutheran School for children through the 8th grade. It is located just south of Silver Spring Drive in the southern part of Menomonee Falls.
Elim Tabernacle is a Christian place of worship. Its mission is to grow the body, soul and spirit. Sunday morning worship also features music. There is Wednesday evening Bible study, as well as meetings of the youth program FUZED. Kids church is also held on Wednesdays.
St. Simon the Fisherman Episcopal Church is a cozy church that serves as a place of worship for about 40 households. It traces its origins to 1965, when small groups of Episcopalians began meeting here, and then in 1966, services began at the church regularly. It offers support groups and outreach services to the community, and invites visitors to join them for its Sunday worship service and coffee hour.