She Came to the Pantry for Groceries. Now She Packs the Boxes.
Toni Logan came to the Solo Faith Church pantry in Concord because she needed to feed her niece and nephew. She left with fruit, meat, and desserts, and with a sentence she still repeats when she tells the story. She comes back to the pantry now, but not for groceries. She comes to pack them.
Get Whatever You Want for the Kids
There is a version of food assistance that asks a person to prove they deserve it. Paperwork. Income verification. A number, a line, a wait. Toni Logan did not run into that version. She walked in during a hard stretch and was told to take what her family needed.
I came here, and I was going through stuff, and she said, 'Get whatever you want for the kids,' so I got a bunch of desserts and fruits and meats and everything.
The desserts matter in that sentence. A pantry that hands out only what is strictly necessary tells the person receiving it one thing. A pantry that sends home fruit and meat and something sweet for the children tells them something different.
From the Receiving End to the Packing Line
Toni volunteers at the pantry now. She works the packing line, filling boxes for households she has never met, in the same room where she once picked out food for her own family.
I like giving back. God gave me, so I give back.
Volunteers who have received a box bring something to the work that cannot be trained into anyone else. They know what it feels like to open one. They know which items get used right away and which sit on the shelf. They know the specific relief of finding meat at the bottom of a box during a week when meat was not going to happen.
Why Dignity Is the Design and Not the Decoration
Pastor Douglas Lattimore, who started the delivery program last year, has been consistent about what the pantry exists to do.
The people in the community needed a place where they can get food and keep their dignity intact.
That principle shapes how the program actually runs. Around 160 households across Cabarrus County receive groceries each month, and most of them never stand in a line to get them. Boxes go out with DoorDash drivers to homes that cannot reach a pantry on their own. Lattimore puts the church's part of it plainly: "We're a church, and a church is here to love, look past the fault and see the need."
How to Reach the Pantry
Solo Faith Church is located at 587 Old Charlotte Rd SW, Concord, NC 28027. Pantry information, delivery requests, and volunteer sign-ups all run through the church website at Solo Faith Church. There is no application to fill out and no income threshold to clear. Households that cannot get to the building can ask for delivery instead.
Toni Logan's account of the pantry appeared in regional coverage published August 18, 2026, reported by J. Mayhew for Charlotte Newsroom and carried by Country 103.7 and Kiss 95.1. Readers who want to help keep the boxes going can do so through the Solo Faith Church giving page.
Solo Faith Church tells Toni Logan's story because the distance between needing help and giving it is far shorter than most people assume. A neighbor who has stood on both sides of the same table is the plainest evidence this congregation has that the work is worth continuing.
Need Food? We Deliver — Free of Charge
Solo Faith Church partners with DoorDash to deliver free groceries directly to families across Concord. No paperwork. No judgment. Just food delivered to your door. Learn more here.
Community Support Note: This story is part of Solo Faith Church's community journalism initiative to uplift Concord neighbors and document the work happening across Cabarrus County. The details and quotations here were drawn from syndicated news coverage published August 18, 2026 by Charlotte Newsroom, Country 103.7, and Kiss 95.1, which credited WSOC-TV as the original reporting source. Solo Faith Church did not independently re-interview the people quoted.
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