Agape House 

Food Bank

Logo for Agape House, a ministry of Eastern Oregon Mission, featuring a blue house outline with a white dove holding a red heart.

Agape House opened its doors on Aug. 5, 1986, an outreach of Eastern Oregon Mission. We serve as both a resource center and food pantry. We offer groceries lasting three days, along with clothing, essential items, and various supportive services for individuals and families facing challenging situations. Agape House is a community assistance center serving Umatilla and Morrow Counties, providing direct help to individuals and families experiencing crisis or ongoing financial hardship.

A store checkout counter with various boxes of candy and snacks, computer register, and shopping bags.
Sign reading 'Agape House, 500 West Harper Road' in front of a building with beige metal siding and three windows.
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Bathroom with a yellow wall, shower panel, and a shower timer indicating 11:13.

Agape House Programs and Services

Food assistance:

  • Emergency food boxes: Provides food boxes designed to last three to five days. Individuals and families can receive one box per month, while homeless individuals can receive two.

  • Weekend Backpack Program: Feeding Over 275 Students Weekly: They ensure that elementary school children in Hermiston, Umatilla, Echo, Stanfield, and Irrigon don’t go hungry when school is out.

  • Community Outreach & Assistance Coordination: Oversees regional programs addressing hunger, homelessness, and poverty through partnerships and volunteer networks.

  • Volunteer Engagement: Connects individuals, churches, schools, and local businesses with service opportunities to strengthen the community.

  • Resource Development & Donations: Collects and distributes food, clothing, hygiene items, and household goods to support local families and partner organizations.

  • Homeless Shower Service:

Cost of $1- Shower facilities for those in need.

Thank you, Good Shepherd, for partnering with us to provide shower vouchers!!!

If any business or individual is interested in joining this mission, please call, email, or stop by our office. We welcome your support in making a positive impact in our community.

How can you help?

Through compassion, practical support, and community collaboration, Agape House provides a vital safety net for vulnerable members of our community. With your donations & support, we can expand our reach, enhance the quality of our services, and ensure that no family is left hungry. To continue making a meaningful impact, Agape House is seeking the support of food donations. Shelf stable can goods, refrigerated and frozen items, as well as fresh fruits and vegetables in season. These are the food needed to continue our mission.

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πŸ’› Advocate

Many of our community members still don't know about our services, so we need your help to get the word out about what we offer. If your company, church, organization, club, or business would like someone to speak to your group give us a call and let us know! We always need people like you to help spread the word about our services to others, so we can help provide basic needs for the members of our community.

🌿 Our Mission

To provide a safe, supportive space where families and individuals can heal, learn, and move toward long-term stability and self-sufficiency.

🀝 Get Involved

You can help build brighter futures by volunteering, donating, or partnering with us.

Every contribution supports local families on their journey to independence.

Mark Gomolski Agape House Director

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Logo for Agape House with a blue house outline, a white box containing a heart and a jar, and the text 'Agape House' to the right.