Food Pantry Moving Back to Hospital Grounds July 8
Posted on Friday, June 20th, 2025
Food Pantry Moving Back to Hospital Grounds July 8
Clients of the Mercy Health Love County food pantry received extra food boxes Tuesday to help tide them over until the pantry reopens in a new location on July 8.
Jessica Crosthwait, executive assistant to the director of the hospital, announced that the food pantry will be closed on June 24 and July 1 to vacate the former Greenville School site and return to hospital grounds.
“We are moving back to Marietta. We will be in the former Ford dealership at 1300 Memorial Drive, across from McDonald's Restaurant, where we are setting up a drive-through pantry,” Crosthwait said.
The original pantry building of the hospital was destroyed by a tornado that struck Marietta on April 27, 2024. Love County Commissioners offered the Greenville School cafeteria as a temporary location. The school had permanently closed that year. It is being converted to a community center.
The Ford building, owned by the hospital, has been temporarily occupied the past 14 months by the Love County EMS/Fire Brigade Station 1, which also lost its headquarters in the tornado.
Workers have been busy converting the former Growers Market on Legacy Park Lane to a new home for Station 1 medics and ambulances.
The food pantry has been serving clients with quantities of fresh, canned, and frozen food items since 2000.
"We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the relocation but look forward to helping clients again," Crosthwait said.