Fundraiser
Fall Fundraiser Dinner
TBA
Placeholder event. Details to come in the Facebook group.
Come as you are.
Nobody in Greene County
should go to bed hungry.
We pack and hand out food boxes four days a week, right here on West Andrew Johnson Highway. No paperwork. No questions. If you need one, it’s yours.
7485 West Andrew Johnson Highway, Greeneville, TNTuesday – Friday, 1:00–3:30 pm
Right now
We are in desperate need of
Updated weekly
- Canned vegetables & fruit
- Canned meat (tuna, chicken, Vienna sausage)
- Peanut butter
- Rice & dried beans
- Pasta & jarred sauce
- Cereal & oatmeal
- Baby formula & diapers
- Paper towels & toilet paper
Please check expiration dates. We can’t hand out anything expired. Drop-offs welcome at 7485 West Andrew Johnson Highway —see all the ways to give.
Five ways we show up for our neighbors.
Every one of these runs on donated food, donated time, and a lot of prayer.
Tuesday – Friday, 1:00–3:30 pm
Food Boxes
Boxes of collected food, packed and handed out four days a week to anyone in the community who needs one.
Announced on Facebook
Surprise Clothing Distribution
Free clothing handed out on short notice — watch the Facebook group so you don’t miss one.
November – December
Christmas Toy Program
Toys for local kids so that every child in Greene County has something to open Christmas morning.
July – August
School Year Backpacks
Backpacks and supplies for students heading back to school.
Spring
Easter Baskets for Elders
Easter baskets delivered to elderly neighbors in the Greeneville area.
Want the details?
Dates, sign-ups, and how each program works.
See all programs
The fastest way to reach us
Everything happens in the Facebook group first.
Michele posts there herself — what came in that morning, when a surprise clothing distribution is happening, when sign-ups open for Christmas. If you only follow one thing, follow the group.
Get involved or get help
How to helpAll the ways to help
Give food, give money, or give a Saturday.
Canned goods off your shelf, a few dollars on Cash App, or two hours packing boxes — all of it turns into the same thing: somebody eats.
Cash App $hungerfirstgreene
I need help
Come by. That’s the whole process.
No application, no ID, no shame in it. We’ve also put together a list of other local and state resources in case you need more than food.
Coming up
What it looks like when it works.
Boxes packed and waiting to go out
Unloading a delivery
A full truck is a good day
Our mission
Mission statement
Hunger First works to educate and empower the low-income, no-income and the homeless so that they can work together in solidarity with one another to remove the barriers that cause hunger and poverty throughout the Tri-Cities, and Tennessee and Virginia.