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In 2025, SAFE had almost 30,000 visits to its three Alamance County food pantries, providing support to more than 29,000 people.
At SAFE, we're here to listen, walk with you, and help you find the support you need to build a better future. We start with food but also connect you to the resources you need to move towards stability and hope.
“SAFE has made life sustainable. The ability to have a little bit of ease on my anxiety and my mental health. When you’re stressing all the time where something is coming from, it’s hard living day to day.”
— Dora, client for 3 months
SAFE's Winter Weather Policy: SAFE follows ABSS's school closing schedule. So, if ABSS is closed tomorrow, we'll be closed too and all appointments will be reschedule. If ABSS is delayed, we'll be on the same delay. For example, if there is a 2-hour delay, appointments schedule for 9 will instead be at 11.
Schedule a Food Pantry Appointment
SAFE operates three food pantries in Alamance County. Two of our pantries—SAFE at Hwy 87 and SAFE at The Bridge—are choice food pantries, meaning individuals and families shop for the food they want. Our third pantry—SAFE at Snow Camp—provides families with prepackaged boxes of the same foods available at our other locations.
To help us better meet the needs of families, SAFE sees individuals and families at all three food pantries by appointment only.
Our food pantries serve families at the following times:
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SAFE at Hwy 87 — Tuesday and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon and the first and third Saturdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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SAFE at Snow Camp — The first and third Saturdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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SAFE at The Bridge — Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
While we do our best to schedule people for their preferred day of the week and location, some times and sites have greater demand than others. If it will be more than 2 weeks before we are able to schedule you at your requested day and site, we will offer you an appointment at a different location.
Everyone deserves to eat. At SAFE we believe that food is a right and that every person that comes to us seeking food assistance gets the nourishment they need. If an appointment is not available at a time or location that is convenient for you, we still offer the food assistance you need with ready made emergency food boxes. Please come to any one of our pantries during normal distribution times and request an emergency food box if you cannot get an appointment that is convenient.
If you have an immediate food need and cannot wait until a SAFE distribution to receive food, the United Way of Alamance County provides a list of all area food pantries here.
Due to increased demand and a growing wait list, SAFE is implementing a new attendance policy. Clients who miss three appointments without providing at least 24 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule will be removed from our client list and added to our wait list.
