In the summer of 2007, at the urging of Jack Ream from the Trinity Episcopal Church food pantry, the Tuscarawas County food pantry, the Tuscarawas County Council for Church and Community and the United Way, assembled a group of churches and other organizations in the area that had individual food pantries to consider consolidation into one large community pantry. The original reason for this consolidation was to be able to reach more people who needed food and to ensure a more equitable distribution of the food available. The Committee included a representative from Tuscarawas County of Job and Family Services, the Friends of the Homeless, the Salvation Army, and the area churches. After several months of deliberation, on January 25, 2008, the new Greater Dover New Philadelphia Food Pantry opened for the first time in the basement of the Salvation Army building. In December of that year, the Food Pantry moved to its present location at 420 West Third Street, Dover (the warehouse of the former Buehler’s store in Dover, which is now owned by Burning River Church.)

The mailing address is the Greater Dover New Philadelphia Food Pantry, PO Box 95, Dover, OH 44622. An alternative mailing address at the Pantry is now available – 422 West Third Street, Dover, OH 44622.