Mobile Food Pantries
Addressing Hunger
A Parish Social Ministries Program
Providing Access
Catholic Charities partners with Second Harvest and local parishes to provide individuals and families in rural areas access to nutritional food.
Mobile Food Pantries
Since 2005, the Catholic Charities Mobile Food Pantry program has helped residents in rural areas stretch their grocery budgets a bit more by providing produce, meat, and other necessities each month at parishes throughout the Diocese of Madison. There is no cost for participants, and all are welcome regardless of income level.
Catholic Charities serves as the community sponsor for 10 of Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin’s mobile pantry locations, providing pantry sites and volunteers at local parishes.
In 2025, the mobile food pantries we support served 12,251 individuals with assistance from 294 volunteers, who provided 9,358 hours of their time and distributed more than 700,000 lbs. of food!
Mobile Pantry Locations and Dates
The mobile food pantry program is intended to serve rural areas which do not have access to larger food pantry options that are typically available in more metropolitan areas. It’s a collaborative effort between Catholic Charities, Catholic parishes and the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin.
All Participating Parishes
- St. Joseph Parish, Fort Atkinson – Jefferson County
- St. Clare of Assisi Parish, Monroe – Green County
- St. John’s Parish, Patch Grove – Grant County
- St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish, Portage – Columbia County
- St. Mary and St. Augustine Parishes, Platteville – Grant County
- Corpus Christi Parish, Boscobel – Grant County
- St. Anthony and Philip Parish, Highland – Iowa County
- Sacred Heart Parish, Reedsburg – Sauk County
- St. John Vianney Parish, Janesville – Rock County
- St. Faustina Parish, Pardeeville – Columbia County
All Sites and Participating Parishes
Janesville, WI
Rock County
1250 E Racine Street
First Monday of every month at 11 AM
Parish Partner:
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church – Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Pastorate
Patch Grove, WI
Grant County
231 N Wyalusing Street
Second Tuesday of every month at 12 PM
Parish Partner:
St. John Catholic Church –
St. Joseph the Worker Pastorate
Fort Atkinson, WI
Jefferson County
405 E Legrand Street
Second Thursday of every month at 2 PM
Parish Partner:
St. Joseph Catholic Church –
St. Teresa of Calcutta Pastorate
Columbia County
Pardeeville, WI
318 S Main Street
Third Monday at 3:30 PM
(May through October)
Parish Partner:
St. Mary of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church –
St. John Henry Newman Parish
Columbia County
Portage, WI
Columbia County Fairgrounds
Griffith St & Superior St
Third Monday at 10 AM
(November through April)
Parish Partner:
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church –
St. John Henry Newman Pastorate
Boscobel, WI
Grant County
405 E Legrand Street
Third Tuesday of every month at 9:30 AM
Parish Partner:
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church – Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament Pastorate
Monroe, WI
Green County
St. Vincent de Paul Society
501 1st Avenue
Third Thursday of every month at 3 PM
Parish Partner:
Saint Victor’s Catholic Church – Christ The King Parish
Platteville, WI
Grant County
345 N Court Street
Third Friday of every month at 9:30 AM
Parish Partner:
St. Mary Catholic Church – St. Dominic Pastorate and St. Augustine University Parish
Highland, WI
Iowa County
726 Main Street
Fourth Monday of every month at 4 PM
Parish Partner:
Sts. Anthony and Philip Catholic Church –
St. Pius of Pietrelcina Pastorate
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