News From The Store

When summer volunteer shortages stretched The Store’s team, staff and volunteers stepped in wherever they were needed. The result? Our customers didn’t notice a difference—a powerful reflection of the people committed to making dignity, choice, and care non-negotiable.

Applications are open for The Store’s Young Professionals Board, a two-year opportunity for emerging leaders to serve their community, take on meaningful responsibility, and help advance our mission of providing groceries with dignity and choice.

Used July 4th banners are getting a second life as reusable grocery bags at The Store. It’s a story of creativity, sustainability, meaningful employment, and what’s possible when a community sees value where others might see waste.

Through our partnership with Soles4Souls, kids at The Store’s School Store and Toy Store can find shoes that fit their feet and their style. It’s a simple but meaningful example of what happens when organizations bring their strengths together—and why choice matters in every form of support.

Food insecurity doesn’t always look the way we expect. For hundreds of MTSU students, making it through the semester can mean choosing between groceries, textbooks, household essentials, and other basic needs—a reminder that hunger can show up anywhere the budget stops working.

Fresh Food Connect is finding a new home for surplus fruits and vegetables by connecting local gardeners with organizations serving their communities. The Store is exploring how this innovative model could bring more fresh produce to Nashville families—turning what might go to waste into something that nourishes a neighbor.

Nearly 3,300 volunteers have given The Store almost 25,000 hours this year—but their impact can’t be captured by a dollar amount. Their time helps power our work, while their presence creates the welcoming, dignified community our neighbors experience every day.

The Store is working toward a new partnership with Metro Nashville Public Schools to connect students experiencing food insecurity and their families directly with fresh, healthy groceries. By bringing schools and community support closer together, we hope to make getting help simpler, more accessible, and rooted in dignity and choice.