Help us, help others
While in-kind donations are invaluable, We always need monetary donations or suggestions for new grant opportunities. These donations help us stay in operation, purchase items that are not donated, they help us pay water or GCEC bills for our clients that are in a temporary financial bind, they help us buy trolley passes for our working clients that have an unexpected car breakdown, or for clients needing help getting to a doctor appointment.
We CANNOT DO WHAT WE DO, WITHOUT YOU
You Can Help - Needs List
Thank You for Your Support
Thank You for Your Support
We accept donations:
Mondays 9-3
Additionally, if you are donating
Food or Medical Items, we will accept them Tues-Thurs 9-1
Please give us a call at 850-785-1721 and ask to schedule an appointment if the above days and times do not work for your schedule.
Thank You for Your Support
Thank You for Your Support
Thank You for Your Support
CORNERSTONE FAMILY FELLOWSHIP came up with the lovely idea of an Easter food basket this year. We were able to give them to all 42 of our housed men and women over 60 years old that live alone.
We added a few extra bonus items that we had on hand but the majority of it all came from Cornerstone and we are so grateful for their inspiration and generosity.
Our seniors were so excited to be remembered and thought of during Easter. So many of them struggle with their food budget. We are in the process of restarting our senior food program.
Stay tuned next week for more information on the relaunching of our Senior Food Program that was so successful before the hurricane that we are excited to restart.
Thank You for Your Support
Thank You for Your Support
Thank You for Your Support
Thanks to a grant from Publix Charities, we are continuing to provide 100-110 food bags per week and 160 hot meals per month for our homeless clients. This is in addition to our other food programs!
Our food programs include:
- Homeless Food Bags
- Twice Monthly Hot Meals
- Food Boxes through Caseworkers for clients on hospice care and receiving Home Health Care
- Food Boxes through Caseworkers with Bay District Schools Homeless Outreach
- Food Boxes to clients that have suffered housefires losses.
- Food Boxes for clients that lost food due to power outages.
Though we are not a food pantry and are not able to give food regularly we do the best we can with what we are given.
Every time a food order goes out it includes resources for local food pantries and food giveaways so that the client can have access to ongoing help with food.
Thank You for Your Support
Thank You for Your Support
Thank You for Your Support
Thanks to ongoing monthly donations of specific food items needed each month from these awesome folks at the Association of St Jude, we are able to continue providing 100-110 food bags per week and 160 hot meals per month.
This group does so much for us throughout the year. In the hottest part of the summer they donate bottled water for our homeless.
They have helped us with baby diapers and wipes.
At Christmas they donate gift cards that help us through our busiest season.
In addition to these donations they also donate everything they don't sell at their annual yard sale - which is usually still a lot of really great stuff.
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Thank you also to Parkway Presbyterian Church
We also receive significant monthly food donations from Parkway Presbyterian Church... we appreciate all of you so much. We could not do what we do without all of you.
We are so blessed to have so many groups and individual donors helping us feed those most in need of food.
Services we provide
Thank You for Your Support
Services we provide
- Clothing (free clothing closet)
- Homeless food bags (2x/week)
- Help with food thru caseworkers for those on Hospice and receiving Home Health Care (one time)
- Medical Equipment and Supplies including incontinence, wound care, diabetic items (when available)
- Baby Diapers, wipes, and equipment
- Hygiene Items
- Cleaning Supplies
- Kitchen Items and Linens
- Work boots/shoes with proof of employment
- Working Adult Bike Program with 2wks check stubs (when available)
- Household items for those who have experience a fire, domestic violence event, other disaster, for those moving into an apartment after aging out of foster care, homeless getting into a new place for the first time or who are struggling and need items we have and are clients.
- School Supplies
- Christmas for Kids 18 and under
- GCEC or water bills help when we have funding available
Monetary Donations
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Services we provide
We always need & appreciate monetary donations as several of our financial donors have moved or passed away in the years since Hurricane Michael.
These donations help keep our doors open, lights on, staff paid, and allow us to help clients with utility bills, trolley passes, and they help us purchase items that are not donated.
Here on our website you can donate using PayPal or you can mail or drop off a check at our office Mon 9-3 & Tues-Thurs 9-1:30. Our address is:
Family Service Agency of Bay Co, Inc.
114 E 9th Street
Panama City, FL 32401
We take donations of items on our You Can Help list as well as other Current Needs lists posted here and on our Facebook page. We also have a monthly email to those wishing to be on our email list just let us know at DonationsFSApc@gmail.com
If you have any questions please call us at 850-785-1721 Mon-Thurs 9-3 (please leave a message if it goes to voicemail) or you can email us at the above email address or use the contact us button here on the website.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Are there any household items you do not accept?
A: We do not take furniture, TVs, and large appliances. We do not have the space or anyone to lift or move them around.
Q: Do you accept tape type adult diapers. A: Sad, no, we generally cannot accept the tape-type adult diapers because we do not have the space for them.
Q: Do items need to be brand new?
A: No, as long as items are clean and in good condition we will accept them.
Exception is underwear (must be new and in the package or obviously new.