One of my best kept secrets. TOTALLY FREE!
3 days a week, free farmers market (Tuesday, Wedsnday, Thursday)
8:00 A.M. -11:00 A.M. You can go all 3 days. Count on being there in line from 30-45 minutes on Tuesdays.
No overnighting allowed.
Farmers market every other saturday / call to find out the schedule
8 Am to 11 A.m.
Also Twice a month you can get canned goods, cereals and other dry goods.
Sunday breakfast is served (comparable to IHOP's) twice @ 9:15 and at 10:15 AM
Also free clothing and pregnancy center, free diapers.
Job service.
Address is Rio Vista/ bridge center: 1431 E. Southern Phoenix , Az.
Half a block west from 16th st and Southern, south side of the road.
Its in South Phoenix, totally safe regardless of what anyone tells you.
Vans are okay and small class B's.
Big Rv's - park at the safeway to the west, not in the Church parking lot.
You can easily get about $150-300 dollars worth of food. ALL FREE!
Ask for Ray , in person only ( he will be expecting you) and tell him Alec-Alex or Alcatraz sent you.
He works outside (manager) and will never answer the phone.
Telling him I sent you, lets him know you are a fellow traveller.
He is a long time " Vanner". He will help you in anyway he can.
Some service's require I.D.'s (any state, even expired)
Ray can help you get past the this part, if you do not have one.
Everything is totally and absoultely free.
They always have enough food , the earlier you get there the better your selection.
Please mind your manners and do not abuse this privelge by abusing the staff ( they are all volunteers), NO parking huge Rv's , dumping your grey or blackwater or asking to camp there.
Please, please, please this is a great asset do not screw it up!
Sister church in Mesa, Arizona
Casa del Amor (House of Love)
Call for details
Address: 819 S. MacDonald Drive, Mesa, AZ 85210
I have never been there, but heard its a smaller place with less services.
Not an RV freindly area, small neighborhood streets, heavy traffic.
http://www.azfoodbanks.org/index.php/foodbank/article/rio_vista_center
http://www.azresourcecenters.com/crc/what-we-do/rio-vista-center
3 days a week, free farmers market (Tuesday, Wedsnday, Thursday)
8:00 A.M. -11:00 A.M. You can go all 3 days. Count on being there in line from 30-45 minutes on Tuesdays.
No overnighting allowed.
Farmers market every other saturday / call to find out the schedule
8 Am to 11 A.m.
Also Twice a month you can get canned goods, cereals and other dry goods.
Sunday breakfast is served (comparable to IHOP's) twice @ 9:15 and at 10:15 AM
Also free clothing and pregnancy center, free diapers.
Job service.
Address is Rio Vista/ bridge center: 1431 E. Southern Phoenix , Az.
Half a block west from 16th st and Southern, south side of the road.
Its in South Phoenix, totally safe regardless of what anyone tells you.
Vans are okay and small class B's.
Big Rv's - park at the safeway to the west, not in the Church parking lot.
You can easily get about $150-300 dollars worth of food. ALL FREE!
Ask for Ray , in person only ( he will be expecting you) and tell him Alec-Alex or Alcatraz sent you.
He works outside (manager) and will never answer the phone.
Telling him I sent you, lets him know you are a fellow traveller.
He is a long time " Vanner". He will help you in anyway he can.
Some service's require I.D.'s (any state, even expired)
Ray can help you get past the this part, if you do not have one.
Everything is totally and absoultely free.
They always have enough food , the earlier you get there the better your selection.
Please mind your manners and do not abuse this privelge by abusing the staff ( they are all volunteers), NO parking huge Rv's , dumping your grey or blackwater or asking to camp there.
Please, please, please this is a great asset do not screw it up!
Sister church in Mesa, Arizona
Casa del Amor (House of Love)
Call for details
Address: 819 S. MacDonald Drive, Mesa, AZ 85210
I have never been there, but heard its a smaller place with less services.
Not an RV freindly area, small neighborhood streets, heavy traffic.
http://www.azfoodbanks.org/index.php/foodbank/article/rio_vista_center
http://www.azresourcecenters.com/crc/what-we-do/rio-vista-center
