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Food Resources
Ballard Community Service Center

785-842-0729
P.O. Box 7
708 Elm Street
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
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Utility assistance, free tax service, food pantry,  medical prescription  assistance, clothing and item pantry, school supplies, furnace inspections, commodities

ECKAN (East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation)

785-841-3357
2518 Ridge Court
Lawrence, KS 66046
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douglaseckan@eckan.org

Auto assistance program with SRS, weatherizes homes, provides
emergency food, utility and rent assistance, clothing, school supplies, 
homeless and housing counseling, youth job readiness program, 
reading programs, and free or reduced rates to recreational events.

Ecumenical Campus Ministries

(785) 843-4933 
1204 Oread Avenue, 
Lawrence, KS 66044
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ecmku@ku.edu

Free lunch provided every Thursday from 11 am - 1 pm while KU is in session

First Baptist Church

785-843-0020
1330 Kasold Drive 
Lawrence, KS 66049

Wednesdays from 12:00(noon)-2:00 PM and 5:30 PM-7:00 PM.
Once per month; non-perishable food only

Heartland Community Health Center

785-841-7297 
1 Riverfront Plaza, Suite 100
Lawrence, KS 66044
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info@heartlandhealth.org

Medical clinic, Counseling, Food Pantry, Financial Benevolence, 
Diabetes Care & Prevention, Wellness Program, smoking cessation 
program

Walk-in Clinic:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9 - 10 am

Appointments: 
Monday, 10 am - 7 pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 10 am - 4:30 pm (Closed 12 - 1:30 pm)
Friday, 10 - 11:30 am
New Patients $42, Others $28

Jubilee Café, First United Methodist Church

785-841-7500
946 Vermont
Lawrence, KS 66044

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Free made-to-order breakfast Tues & Fri, 7:00-8:00 a.m.

Just Food (ECKAN)

785-856-7030
1200 East 11th Street  
Lawrence, KS 66046
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info@justfoodks.org
 

Mondays and Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Lawrence Community Shelter

785-832-8864
214 W 10th St
Lawrence, KS 66044
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Provides case management, housing, employment help, ID 
replacement, free breakfast, laundry, mail, telephone, storage, art 
therapy, chiropractor, health screenings and education, refuge from 
extreme weather
Recommended that you check in after 8 pm

Lawrence Family Promise

785.764.9506
PO Box 266,
Lawrence, KS 66044
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Provides safe shelter, food, counseling, and training for homeless children and their families

Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen (L.I.N.K.) (LINK)

785-331-3663
1000 Kentucky Street, 
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
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Enter at the north basement door on the 10th st side of the First Christian 
Church
Sun, Tues, Thurs, Sat, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Mon, Wed, Fri Closed

Lawrence Meals on Wheels

(785) 830-8844
2121 Kasold, Suite B.  
Lawrence, KS  66049
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Provides hot nutritious meals to the homebound elderly &/or disabled, 
residing in Lawrence, who have a special dietary need &/or are unable to
 prepare their own meals

Penn House

785-842-0440
1035 Pennsylvania Street  
Lawrence, KS 66044

Offers clothing, school supplies, assistance with food and utilities, 
emergency medical care and prescriptions, assistance with 
finding help from other agencies, eviction and cut-off assistance, 
and Christmas gift adoption programs
Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4 pm

Salvation Army

785-843-4188
946 New Hampshire 
Lawrence, KS 66044
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Free shelter, light supper provided. Coffee, doughnuts in the morning.
assistance with certain prescription medications; rent and utility assistance

Trinity Interfaith Food Pantry

785-843-6166
1011 Vermont Street
Lawrence, KS 66044

Tuesdays 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

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