Sharon's Pantry

Sharon’s Pantry is named after Sharon Sheppard, the current assistant director of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Rockville Centre, New York.  The Pantry is dedicated to helping local residents who face food insecurity.

The Pantry was founded in the spring of 2020 in partnership with the Anti-Racism Project.  At its inception we were assisting twenty-two families.  That number has now increased to 115 families per week.  We provide our services to Rockville Centre residents and to those in surrounding communities.

Sharon’s Pantry is an all volunteer group.  We are supported by donations from the communities we serve and by Island Harvest.  We operate under the auspices of the Anti-Racism Project and all monetary donations for the Pantry go directly into a dedicated account and are tax deductible under the Anti-Racism Project’s non-profit 501(c)(3) status.  One hundred percent of the donations go toward buying meat, fresh produce and other necessities.  There are no administrative fees.