Our Mission
Since 1968, Project Concern has stood as a pillar of support in Cudahy and St. Francis. Our mission is simple yet powerful:
To compassionately provide a path to self-sufficiency by providing basic needs such as food, clothing and referrals to additional community resources.
A Legacy of Local Love
Project Concern’s roots run deep. Formed by local clergy, nurses and neighbors, the organization has always reflected the values of its community: service, respect and human kindness. We do more than meet today’s needs. We advocate for tomorrow’s changes. Project Concern is part of a regional movement to promote socially responsible, anti-hunger advocacy that addresses root causes and creates long-term solutions to food insecurity. We now offer:
Food Distribution
We provide accessible and nutritious food to our local community through our in-person and home delivery food distribution program. From distributing food stamps in the 1970s to launching a My-Choice Food Pantry in 2018, we’ve adapted to meet the growing needs of our neighbors.
Infant & Personal Care Items
For many families, personal hygiene necessities like diapers, wipes, toothpaste, shampoo, body wash and household cleaning products are not in the budget. We provide these items monthly to our families in need.
Holiday Meals & School Supplies
Each year, we provide Easter & Thanksgiving meal boxes with a ham or turkey to over 100 families. At Christmastime, our holiday gift program for children blesses over 200 families. Each summer, we hand out over 300 backpacks and school supplies for children and families.
Humble Beginnings
What began in a church basement has grown into a vital community organization, serving families with dignity, lifting up families with love and connecting seniors to food and clothing.
We regularly support over 1,500 local households throughout the year. While we welcome hundreds of new families annually, this growth also puts significant pressure on our resources and capacity. With your help, we’re taking the next step – building a Community Help Center designed to meet today’s needs and tomorrow’s opportunities.
We operate through the lens of Trauma-Informed Care, recognizing how past and present adversity affects our neighbors’ lives and working to create safe, respectful and empowering spaces for healing and hope.
The Need for a
New Home
Our programs and impact have outgrown our space. Currently housed in the lower level of a church, the physical limitations of our facility are real:
No elevator or accessible entrance
No central HVAC
Limited natural light
Inadequate storage, workspace and loading areas
Still, over one million pounds of goods move through our space each year.
Rising Demand, Growing Responsibility
Every month, hundreds of families walk through our doors in search of stability. Today, we serve over 500 families monthly, a number that continues to rise.
This increasing demand is not a coincidence. It’s a reflection of broader economic pressures:
The rising cost of groceries has outpaced wage growth, making it harder for families to afford healthy meals. Affordable housing shortages have pushed more families into economic instability.
Out-of-pocket healthcare costs and prescription prices continue to climb, straining already tight household budgets. Inflation has made basic needs, from diapers to detergent, more expensive than ever before.
When families are forced to make impossible choices between rent and food, or medicine and meals, they turn to Project Concern. And we welcome them all.
We are honored to be a dependable, compassionate resource in a time of uncertainty. Our growing numbers reflect not just need, but trust.
Donate to Make a Difference
Your generous donation helps us feed local families facing hunger. Click here to donate and make a difference today!
Everyone has a sotry –
Every individual who walks through our doors carries a unique, complex story—
—one often marked by unexpected job loss, a sudden health crisis, or the relentless pressure of rising costs. These stories are a reminder that needing help with food isn’t a failure; it’s a common human experience driven by difficult circumstances. By supporting the Hunger Into Hope Transformation campaign, you are investing in a space where every person is met with dignity, not judgment, and where their personal story can take a hopeful turn toward a more secure future.
Learn More About Who We Are And What We Do
Click the button below to see how we tackle hunger and poverty, one family at a time.
Call Or Stop In!
3672 East Plankinton Ave, Lower Level
Cudahy, WI 53110
414-744-0645
Pantry Hours
Monday
9 AM – 12 PM
3 PM – 6 PM
Wednesday
9 AM – 12 PM
Friday
9 AM – 12 PM
1st Saturday
of Each Month
9 AM – 11 AM
Written Notice of Beneficiary Rights for Wisconsin CSFP and TEFAP
Because this organization, Project Concern, is supported in whole or in part by financial assistance from the Federal Government, we are required to let you know that:
1. We may not discriminate against you on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice.
2. We may not require you to attend or participate in any explicitly religious activities (including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) that are offered by our organization, and any participation by you in such activities must be purely voluntary.
3. We must separate in time or location any privately funded explicitly religious activities (including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) from activities supported with direct Federal financial assistance; and
4. You may report violations of these protections, including any denials of services or benefits by an organization, by contacting or filing a written complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Executive Director Center for Civil Rights Enforcement 1400 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20250–9410, or by email to program.intake@usda.gov 5.
If you would like to seek information about whether there are any other federally funded organizations that provide these kinds of services in your area, contact The USDA Hunger Hotline:
• By Phone: 1-866-3-HUNGRY or 1-877-8-HAMBRE to speak with a representative from 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM Eastern Time.
• By Text: 914-342-7744 with a question that may contain a keyword such as “food,” “summer,” “meals,” etc. to receive an automated response to resources located near an address and/or zip code.
This written notice must be available to you before you enroll in the program or receive services from the program, unless the nature of the service provided, or exigent circumstances make it impracticable to provide such notice before we provide the actual service. In such an instance, this notice must be given to you at the earliest available opportunity.
