Meet The Invisible Food Pantry!

I am proud of what we do here at Second Serve Resale. We maximize clothing donations by allowing buyers to choose where they want 85% of their purchase price to go. We keep clothing out of landfills and find them a new home, and we support nonprofits across the country. Hopefully, the experience you have when you shop at Second Serve Resale makes you happy: you get a cool item or two, send 85% to a charity you care about and also feel good you are not harming the environment. I love efficiency!

I’ll tell you what else is efficient! Meet our newest nonprofit partner: The Invisible Food Pantry.

Located in Atlanta, Georgia and founded by Patti Ghezzi, the idea is simple: the Invisible Food Pantry gives gift cards from local grocery stores to college students struggling to make ends meet. 

The Invisible Food Pantry partners with College AIM, a DeKalb County, Georgia nonprofit that supports high school students in achieving their college dreams and continues supporting them while they’re in college. Some students are facing significant struggles. The Invisible Food Pantry gives those most in need a $100 grocery store gift card each month. 

There is no structure where food is held, like a traditional food pantry. There is no collection of food products, no storage or refrigeration, and nobody needed to run the “shop”. The gift cards are given to students in need, and those food needs are determined by those who receive them. 

I love efficiency! 

In addition, like Second Serve Resale, there is the idea of agency: the recipient decides how to use the funds. You buy what you need and avoid the possibility, like in a traditional food pantry, that the only thing stocked is oyster sauce and cornichons. 

And the only line a recipient will be in is the same line everyone else stands in at the grocery store. 

“The food assistance I received from the Invisible Food Pantry not only benefited me greatly but also lifted my spirits and gave me hope that there are still people out there who are willing to help you in a time of need!”

— Clayton State University student 

We are thrilled to promote the Invisible Food Pantry, and it is clear that we are not the only ones: in its first month on the Second Serve Resale nonprofit beneficiary list, it received over $500 from customers who selected the organization at checkout. $500!

Select the Invisible Food Pantry at checkout and support this innovative nonprofit addressing hunger in our student communities.