Eastmont Community Center — Food Pantry

Eastmont Community Center offers free pantry food to eligible families in East Los Angeles, California, and the surrounding service area. Its Emergency Food Assistance program serves households living within Los Angeles County’s First Supervisorial District, outside the City of Los Angeles. Registration and an appointment are required before collecting food in person.

Call Eastmont to ask about enrollment, confirm that your home is within the program’s service area and arrange pickup. Explain that you need food assistance rather than a tax-preparation appointment or farmers-market information. The center also has an online contact form with an Alimentos option for food inquiries. Ask the team which documents to bring and whether any additional information is needed for your household; the general community-center guidance is not a complete pantry enrollment checklist.

Food is distributed on Fridays, with pickup times arranged through the center. Confirm the date, time and arrival instructions before traveling to the Hoefner Avenue location. Do not treat the center’s general opening hours as an invitation to collect groceries without an appointment. If your need is urgent, call to explain your situation and ask what help is currently available.

The pantry receives food from the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and local businesses, with refrigerated and frozen storage supporting its distribution work. Specific food selections depend on available supplies. Eastmont also offers nutrition workshops covering healthy meals, budgeting for groceries and related topics; ask about the current workshop schedule if you would like to participate.

See Eastmont’s nutrition and food-assistance information for program details. Pantry enrollment is separate from public food-benefit programs. NHREA’s federal assistance guide includes SNAP, WIC and school-meal options with their own eligibility requirements.