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TOPS reports rising demand, outlines shelter and building plans
Summary
Tallawanda Oxford Pantry & Social Services told council it served 1,421 households in 2024, described cold-shelter use and a planned new building; councilors and a former TOPS director urged continued support and noted the limits of federal funding.
Sherry Martin, executive director of Tallawanda Oxford Pantry & Social Services (TOPS), told the Oxford City Council on April 25 that TOPS served 1,421 households and fed 3,486 people in 2024, with 2,300 of those people living inside the Oxford city limits.
Martin said TOPS delivered 2,850 food boxes around the Talawanda School District (about 80% of deliveries), provided $34,866 in rent and utility assistance in 2024 and — together with partner churches — helped provide more than $62,000 in housing support. "We served 1,421 households," Martin said during her presentation.
The presentation included cold-shelter statistics: TOPS provided 539 shelter nights to 47 individuals from 29 households; staff recorded 10 households that were subsequently housed and five that moved outside…
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