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Mobile Food Pantry

Did you know that we have served over 183,000 pounds of food to more than 3700 Families?

In Partnership with Feeding Tampa and the United Way of Central of Florida End Hunger Initiative, our Mobile Food Pantry is open to ALL of Polk County!

Clothing Pantry

Utility Bill Assistance,

Rent / Mortgage Assistance:

Mulberry Community Service Center offers a clothing pantry, utility bill assistance, and rent/mortgage assistance for clients who qualify. Certain restrictions apply depending upon funding source.

To enroll for assistance, all clients must provide the following:

Social Security cards for everyone in the household
Photo ID for all adults in the household
Proof of physical address
Proof of all income, bank/savings statements for up to 13 weeks
Birth certificates for all children in household

In addition we require the following for rent, mortgage, and/or utility assistance:

Application
Basic budget worksheet
Proof of ability to continue payments on rent/mortgage
Copy of lease
3-Day notice / overdue mortgage statement
Overdue notice for utilities

For more information please call (863) 425-1523.