East Nashville Cooperative Ministry

Our Mission
East Nashville Cooperative Ministry (ENCM) is a Christian, ecumenical ministry organized for the purpose of improving the health and welfare of the residents of the East Nashville Community.

Our Vision
ENCM envisions a Nashville where citizen’s needs—spiritual, educational, economic, mental, physical, and emotional—are holistically met and neighborhoods are enabled to thrive. We contribute to this vision with food, clothing and education.

ENCM Main Street
807 Main Street • Nashville TN 37206
615 244 7312

ENCM Inglewood
Eastminster Presbyterian Church
3930 Gallatin Pike • Nashville, TN 37216
615 262 5531

Charis Ministries

Charis Ministries is a faith based food provider. 

A blurb from their website:
Charis provides food assistance to any caller in the Nashville area who needs help when an unexpected shortfall arises. Many events can disrupt a family's income or add a new expense, and delivering a box of basic food items may help them make it past the difficulty. We don't help with a routine monthly budget, but when something out of the ordinary happens, we want to ensure a family has meals while they work things out.
615-373-1261
www.charisministries.net

Nashville First Church of The Nazarene

Our Mission: To know the transforming Christ and be found faithful in our generation

Our Vision: To RECEIVE the life of Christ, to SHARE His life together, and to EXTEND His life to others, with passion

http://www.nfcn.org

Children only are welcome to attend a free pancake breakfast on Sundays at 8:30am- they are not required to attend the following service but it is customary to attend. Sundays at 5:30pm all members of families are welcome to attend a hot meal/dinner. Vacation Bible School takes place during the summer at no cost to families. Scholarships may be provided to children forthe "Upwards" basketball/cheerleading program- regestration for that program begins in the fall. 

*contact Sabrina Jones or Leslie Hart regarding ministry/food programs or Matt Dunlap for athletics. 

Nashville Food Project- Free Meal Thursdays

Free Thanksgiving Meals in Antioch 11/17/12

11/14/12

Dear Parents and Caregivers: If you or someone you know is in need of a turkey and all the fixings for Thanksgiving, here is an event that is giving away over 600 dinners (no questions asked).  Please pass this on to anyone in need.  *You will receive a Turkey, and a bag of groceries.

"Feed 600"

Saturday, November 17th; beginning @ 10am

Location:

Lakeshore Christian Church

5434 Bell Forge Lane East,
Antioch (Nashville) TN 37013

https://www.lakeshorechristian.com/

615-731-1912

-Sara Glascock, LMSW

Communities In Schools, Site Coordinator

Ross Elementary 

Hearbeat Ministries

http://www.hhbconline.com/serve/heartbeat_ministry.php
(615) 883-5034                             

Located at 3475 Lebanon Rd., Hermitage, TN 37076 

The Heartbeat Ministry exists for the sole purpose of meeting people's basic needs: food, clothing, and spiritual guidance. Each weekend on Friday and Saturday, the Heartbeat Ministry gives out food, clothing, and spiritual guidance to people in our community who are in need.

The Heartbeat Ministry's regular hours are Fridays and Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm. The Heartbeat Ministry is located on the Hermitage Campus at Door #5.     

For more information regarding the Heartbeat Ministry, please e-mail Dwight Moody at dmoody@hhbconline.com.

Nashville Rescue Mission

http://www.nashvillerescuemission.org/

 

The Nashville Rescue Mission is a Christ-centered community dedicated to helping the hungry, homeless and hurting. We strive to restore hope and transform lives by offering programs that focus on spiritual growth, education, employment and life-recovery.

 

Men's Campus
639 Lafayette Street
Nashville, TN 37203-4226

Women's Campus
1716 Rosa L. Parks Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37208

General Inquiries

(615) 255-2475

Nashville Mobile Market

Phone (615) 669-6668                          

www.nashvillemobilemarket.org

Mobile grocery story and a social enterprise whose mission is to promote healthy eating habits in underprivileged communities (and really anyone else who is interested in eating healthier foods) and making those foods more accessible in the difference communities.  Currently NMM has few stops in Edgehill and other surrounding areas of Nashville.

Hours of operation and locations:

Catholic Charities

Phone (615) 352-3087                                                               
http://www.cctenn.org/

Provides a variety of services including financial assistance, clothing, food, immigrant and refugee assistance, parenting and child trauma services, adult daycare, counseling services, pregnancy and adoption. They serve anyone in need regardless of their race, religious affiliation, or ethnic background.  

Located at 30 White Bridge Road, Nashville, TN 37205 8:00am – 4:30pm, Monday through Friday

Lake Providence Church

Phone   834-5838                                              
www.lpmbc.org

Lake Providence Church provides affordable food and services to the community. They have several other opportunites fror the Nashville community please see the website above for more information.

Located at 5891 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, TN 37211

Donelson Church of Christ

                                                     

Phone (615) 883-6666
www.donelsonchurch.org


The Help Center stores a large supply of clothing, a pantry of canned goods, some furniture and other items, and a quilting room. DCC members keep the center supplied with financial assistance, food, clothing, and other items. We also receive donations from others in the Donelson area who have heard of this good work. In addition to helping people in our own community, we’ve been able to provide aid to tornado and hurricane victims, and send supplies to the poor in the mountains of Appalachia.

Every Tuesday morning, food, clothing, and other services are provided.
                                   

Located at 2706 Old Lebanon Road, Nashville, TN 37214

Salvation Army

Phone (615)  242-0411                                             
http://www.salarmy-nashville.org/

The range of programs that we offer encompasses the following:

• After-school programs
• Summer camp
• Transitional Housing for homeless families and single women
• Men’s Lodge
• Weekly feeding programs, featuring our Breakfast Brigade and Soup Wagon
• Life Skills Learning, which includes GED classes and Budgeting Classes
• Disaster Response
• Emergency Services Assistance

Emeregency Assistance provides food, personal care items, clothing, household items and short-term financial help with housing and utilities. The program also provides referrals for other needed social services. Target population is low-income and homeless families living in Davidson and surrounding counties and those facing crisis situations. This program serves approximately 10,000 individuals per year and consistently ranks in the top five providers on United Way's "211" information and referral service.

Located at 631 Dickerson Pike, Nashville, TN 37207 and at 6214 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209

Ladies of Charity

Phone (615) 327-3453 

www.nashvilleloc.org                                                

Provides emergency food, clothing, and financial assistance as well as burials and spiritual and medical assistance.

The Ladies of Charity of Nashville is an organization of Catholic Women who volunteer their time and talents in many areas of charitable work in the local community.

The Welfare Office distributes clothing, food, payments for utilities, rent, prescription medicines and funeral expenses to needy people in Nashville. It receives funds from the United Way and helps people referred by the Department of Human Services and the Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement program. The Ladies of Charity serves nearly 10,000 women, children and men each year.

The Thrift Shop was opened in 1948 in order to help fund the Welfare Office budget. Over the years, it has grown into a large operation and has served as a model for the many consignment sales that are now operated by many organizations as a way to raise money. The Thrift Shop, which has become a Nashville institution, opens twice a year in the spring and fall. Clothing is accepted on consignment by invitation only and all items must meet high standards. The Thrift Shop is shopper friendly, featuring a wide selection of good quality, fashionable clothing at reasonable prices for the whole family.

Located at 2216 State Street, Nashville, TN 37203

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Second Harvest Food Bank

                                                 

Phone (615) 329-3491                                    

www.secondharvestmidtn.org

Second Harvest's mission is to feed hungry people and work to solve hunger issues in our community.Can help you locate an Emergency Food Box near you.

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If you or someone you know is in need of emergency food assistance, Second Harvest can help. Please call us and we will direct you to an Emergency Food Box site near you.
If you cannot reach the food bank, please call 211 for more information.
Second Harvest is one of many resources in Middle Tennessee designed to help feed hungry people. View additional helpful resources here.

Located at 331 Great Circle Road, Nashville, TN 37228

Metro Action Commission

Metropolitan Action Commission                                                         (615) 862-8860                                                 

Provides financial assistance for utility bills.  Also provide breakfast and lunch to children under 18 during the summer.  These meals are distributed to local churches, community centers, and summer camps throughout Nashville.

Located at 1624 5^th Avenue, Nashville, TN 37208

www.nashville.gov/mac

Music City Mission

Provide clothing, food boxes, household items, furniture, counseling, holiday meals, and special events for needy families. The emphasis is on providing services for those coming out of homelessness, domestic violence and addiction centers, and prison.

Music City Mission is a Christian, Non-profit organization dedicated to "healing the city, one life at a time" through evangelism, discipleship and social action. We accomplish this by offering Meals, Clothing, Volunteerism, Food Boxes, Discipleship, and Evangelism Outreach.

Located in the heart of South Nashville, MCM has been serving hundreds of Nashville's families every month since September of 2003. MCM has consisently been in the top 20 of the United Way "211" referral agencies and in the Spring of 2010 moved up to the top 10. Music City Mission gives individualized attention, prayer and time to each and every family and situation. Being the hands and feet of Jesus is the most important way MCM can effectively make a difference in someone's life.

http://www.musiccitymission.org/

*there is a form on the website you can fill out to request services/referrals.

CALL 615-788-1490

MAILING ADDRESS ONLY:
4636 Lebanon Pike #133
Hermitage, TN 37076
PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
413 Veritas St.
Nashville, TN 37211

Need Link

Need Link: Formerly Big Brothers of Nashville                                                       (615) 269-6835                                       

Provides financial assistance with rent, delinquent utility bills, and food.

Located at 478 Craighead Street #108, Nashville, TN 37204

www.bigbrothersofnashville.org