Our Mission

To provide Food, toiletries, and school supplies for college students at Virginia Tech. Customers will be welcomed by open hearts, open minds, open arms, and open doors.

More than 60% of students...

at Virginia Tech receive financial aid each year ( with seven thousand dollars as the average amount of aid received per year). This financial aid often goes straight towards school expenses such as tuition and textbooks leaving no extra funding for food and other supplies.

About Us

Located inside the Wesley Foundation at 209 W. Roanoke St., 209 Manna Ministries is a pantry that provides food, toiletries, and school supplies for college students and their families. Anyone who feels as if they are lacking food and necessities may apply to shop at 209 Manna Ministries. Shopping is based on a point system in which each good is worth a certain amount of points, ranging from 1 to 6 points, and each shopper is allowed 50 points to shop with each week.

Wesley is in a partnership with the NLCF community as we begin to expand the pantry to include more refrigerated items. We encourage other organizations to partner with us, by volunteering to help while the pantry is open, or to hold food drives.

Store hours are currently every  Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm. Please contact us at 209MannaVT@gmail.com with any questions or concerns or to make an appointment.

Emily Stallings
Student Coordinator

Emily is a student at Virginia Tech, studying International Studies. She is responsible for Wesley's involvement in the food pantry. She is very passionate about serving others and is eagerly looking for new ways to help her fellow Hokies. If you have any questions or concerns involving Wesley, the food pantry, or have any good jokes to share feel free to reach out to Emily :) 

Email: emilys17@vt.edu

Kelsey Sellers
Student Coordinator

Kelsey is a student at Virginia Tech, studying Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise. She is responsible for NLCF’s involvement in running the pantry from a student’s perspective. Kelsey loves serving others in the community and is pursuing a career as a dietitian in a nonprofit setting in order to alleviate international poverty. If you have any questions or concerns involving NLCF or the pantry or want to go on a hike or play me in Words with Friends, contact Kelsey!

Email: skelsey4@vt.edu

Bret Gresham
Wesley Coordinator

Bret is a Virginia Tech Alumni, graduating with a Bachelors degree in Human Food Nutrition and Exercise  and he currently is the campus minster at the Wesley Foundation at Virginia Tech. He is responsible for Wesley's involvement within the partnership of 209 Manna Ministries and NLCF and is always cracking jokes or just cracking himself up. If you have any questions concerning Wesley or the pantry he is the man with the plan.

Email: wesfound@vt.edu

Jim Pace
NLCF Coordinator

Jim is a Virginia Tech alumni and graduated with a Bachelors in Psychology and Sociology and is currently staff on NLCF's leadership team. Jim brings the life of the party of 209 Manna Ministries in the partnership with Wesley. He is responsible for for NLCF's involvement in running the pantry.  If you have any questions or concerns involving NLCF or the pantry, Jim is your go to guy.

Email: jimpace@nlcf.net