Food Pantries

SAFE operates three food pantries in Alamance County. Two of our pantries—SAFE on NC 87 and SAFE at The Bridge—are choice food pantries, meaning individuals and families shop for the food they want. Our third pantry—SAFE at Snow Camp—provides families with prepackaged boxes of the same foods available at our other locations.

To help us better meet the needs of families, SAFE sees individuals and families at all three food pantries by appointment only.

Our food pantries serve families at the following times:

SAFE on NC 87 — Tuesday and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon and the first and third Saturdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
SAFE at Snow Camp — Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
SAFE at The Bridge — Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

While we do our best to schedule people for their preferred day of the week and location, some times and sites have greater demand than others. If it will be more than 2 weeks before we are able to schedule you at your requested day and site, we will offer you an appointment at a different location.

Winter Weather Policy

SAFE at Hwy 87

5950 S. NC Hwy 87, Graham

Tuesdays, Thursdays, 9 a.m. to Noon

1st & 3rd Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

SAFE at Snow Camp

8416 Snow Camp Road, Snow Camp

Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Schedule at Hwy 87 or Snow Camp

SAFE at The Bridge

615 W. Harden St., Graham

Thursdays, 4 to 6 p.m.

Schedule at the Bridge

Photo of choice food pantry at the Bridge

SAFE will be closed for the Christmas and New Year's holidays from Dec. 21 through Jan. 2. Families who would usually have appointments during this time will receive extra food at their last appointment before the holiday break.

Process and Guidelines

To make the process run more smoothly, here are the guidelines for our food pantries.

Please neighbors may only visit a SAFE food pantry once every two weeks. For example, if you visit the Safe at The Bridge location on Thursday, August 17th you cannot visit Safe at The Bridge or Safe at Highway 87 until two weeks later on Thursday, August 31 or after. You will be able to set up your next appointment while at Safe.
Please bring the following for each visit:

1. Your Second Harvest card

2. The "Safe Next Visit" card

Review our Services Agreement before coming for your first visit. SAFE may deny future services to clients who do not abide by the agreement.

Due to increased demand and a growing waitlist, SAFE is implementing a new attendance policy. Clients who miss three appointments without providing at least 24 hours' notice to cancel or reschedule will be removed from our client list and added to our waitlist.