Food & Household Goods

Address: 137 South Main Street, Bishop

Phone: 760-872-2124

Website: Bishop Salvation Army Service Extension

Hours: to consider

Open Monday-Friday, 9am - 1:30pm. 
Our services: 

• Monthly food packages with completion of application
• Daily food available - no application required
• During operational hours anyone is welcome to come have refreshments with pastries and breakfasts provided by Starbucks and stay until close
• Clothing vouchers for IMAH Thrift Store

- Coats, blankets, and sleeping bags available
- Emergency Shelter assistance for families
- Holiday assistance available for Thanksgiving and Christmas
- Rent payment assistance
- Appointments available to those in need to assess proper resources available as well as creating a plan
- Monthly food package delivery available to those who cannot make it to the center
- Our center can be utilized for special events or meetings

Address: 682 Spruce St, Bishop

Phone: 760-873-5240

Website: Eastern Sierra Area Agency on Aging

Services: Home Delivered meals and free congregate lunch for seniors. Lunch is served between 12-12:30 No cost for seniors, age 60 & over, $9.00 for non-seniors

Address: 162 W Line St, Bishop

Phone: 760-874-8724

Website: Eastside Student Center

Services: 26-27 school year meal plan coming soon. The program will shift to Eastside Table, with supper available for 7th - 12th graders. 

Address: 205 N. Fowler St, Bishop

Phone: 760-872-7701

Website: Eastern Sierra United Methodist Churches

Services:

Community food bank, weekly soup kitchen. Community Food Bank: available 24/7. Soup Kitchen M, W, F Doors open at 9:30, lunch served at noon. Showers available.

Address: 1360 N Main St., Bishop

Phone: (760) 872-1394

Website: Public Assistance and Aging

Hours: Monday- Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm

Services: BenefitsCal

BenefitsCal is an online portal that allows California residents to apply for, manage, and renew various social and health benefits programs. These programs include: CalFresh (food assistance), CalWORKs (cash aid), Medi-Cal (health insurance), County Medical Services Program (CMSP), Disaster CalFresh, and General Assistance and General Relief (GA/GR). BenefitsCal provides a convenient way for individuals to access these programs, submit applications, upload documents, and track their eligibility. It also allows them to view their benefit status and make updates as needed.

Address:  1360 N. Main St., Bishop

Phone:  760-872-1885

Website: Inyo County WIC

Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 5:00pm in Bishop and once per month on the second Monday of the month in Lone Pine. Lunch appointments may be provided per request.

Services: The WIC Program (or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) provides food, nutrition counseling, and access to health services to low-income women, infant, and children.

The mission of WIC is to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.

Address:  50 Tu Su Lane, Bishop

Phone:  760-920-2543

Website: Bishop Paiute Food Sovereignty Program (on facebook)

Hours: 

Services: For Tribal members. Increasing access to healthy, traditional, environmentally responsible, and community-grown food that stregthens food systems & tribal sovereignty Please reach out to the FSP for food disttribution information

Address: 430 West Crocker Avenue, Big Pine

Website: Sharing Stand on Facebook

Services: A place for people to share flowers, fruits, vegetables and more. Visit their facebook page to follow when things are shared.

Address: 364 E. Market Street, Independence

Website: Owens Valley Growers facebook page

Services: The Independence Food Pantry is open Saturdays from 11am - 1pm in the Owens Valley Growers building next to the Independence Community Garden. Enter on Market Street. The Food Pantry is open to all. Donations are appreciated!

Address: 475 Sierra St, Bishop

Phone: 760-873-8557

Website: IMACA

Services:  IMACA provides fresh produce and other staples to help supplement people to meet their nutritional needs. We operate a monthly drive-thru food distribution at 11 locations for residents of Inyo and Mono counties. Food Intake Form required. This program is income eligible. Monthly food distribution times and locations updated monthly

Food Intake Form: Begin Here

Address:  217 North Main Street, Lone Pine

Website: Lone Pine Thrift Store facebook page

Services: Lone Pine Thrift Store includes a food pantry. The Thrift Store is run through nonprofit Healthy Communities of Southerin Inyo County. OPEN Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10am - 2pm. 

Address: 849 Home St, Bishop

Phone: 760-920-1605

Website: St Vincent de Paul Society 

Hours: 24/7 availability

Services:  Blessing Box with non-perishable food items. Box in the back of the church

Helping our neighbors in need. Call if you need help.

Address:

• 1360 N. Main St. Bishop 760-873-6453
• 155 E. Market St. Independence 760-878-0237
• 310 N. Jackson St. Lone Pine 760-876-5545

Phone: 760-873-6453

Website: First 5 Inyo County

Services: Diaper Depot Program offers families diapers in sizes newborn to five and wipes at no cost to low-income families. Drop by one of the three locations once a month per child to pick up.

Address: 164 Grandview Drive, Bishop

Phone: 760-873-5123

Website: Child Development 

Services: Child Care Connection has a variety of educational and fun resources from which the community and professionals can borrow. There is a large collection of toys, books, games and equipment from our library. You may also call our office in advance to reserve items during busy holidays or when guests are visiting! Items can be checked out for two weeks, and there is a short application the first time you borrow items.

Address: 217 North Main Street, Lone Pine

Website: Lone Pine Thrift Store facebook page

Services: Lone Pine Thrift Store is run through nonprofit Healthy Communities of Southerin Inyo County. Store proceeds fund scholarships for graduating high school students. Donations welcome during business hours. OPEN Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10am - 2pm. Includes a food pantry.

Address: 371 S. Warren Street, Bishop

Phone: 760-873-8691

Website: IMAH Thrift Mall

Services: IMAH's Sierra Thrift Mall is on on-site work-adjustment training program providing IMAH's clients with valuable work experience and a salary. Sales at the Thrift Store support various programs and services that are not funded through any other sources and provides furniture, household items and clothing to those in need. All proceeds benefit IMAH's adults with developmental disabilities. Sierra Thrift Mall picks up donations and is open Monday through Saturday, 9am - 5pm. 

Address: 137 East Line Street, Bishop

Phone: 760-873-8974

Website: St. Timothy’s Attic

Services: St. Timothy's Attic prides itself on being a step-up from the usual thrift store. Staff are friendly and the store is clean and organized. Offers men, women's and children's clothes, dishes, appliances, cookware, and more. 

Address: 50 Tu Su Lane Bldg #3, Bishop

Phone: 760-873-4414

Website: Bishop Paiute Tribe Social Services

Services: For Tribal Memebrs. Need help with transportation? The Bishop Paiute Tribe Social Services has Eastern Sierra Transit Authority (ESTA) bus passes available to Tribal members. Bring your Tribal ID card and receive a bus pass for 10 free rides in the Bishop area. Tribal members are eligible to receive one pass every 4 weeks.