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The 403 Center building on Gallatin Pike, with its Adventist Community Services marquee sign advertising the thrift store.

Adventist Community Services · Madison, Tennessee

Help for neighbors, and a thrift store that makes it possible

The 403 Center provides food, clothing and emergency assistance to families and individuals across Davidson County and Hendersonville — and runs a thrift store and boutique that anyone can shop.

Get help Volunteer Ways to give

Thanksgiving Can Drive for the 403 Food Pantry. Together we can help local families this Thanksgiving. Families carry boxes of canned goods past pumpkins, hay bales and autumn flowers beside a 403 Food Pantry chalkboard sign. Canned goods, stronger families, a brighter community.

403 Food Pantry

Thanksgiving Food Drive

Be thinking ahead about our food drive for the 403 Center which we will start collecting in November. We are partnering with Madison Academy and will be collecting 4 different can goods: green beans, corn, black beans and pinto chili beans for the respective high-school classes. If possible, we would like to have flats/cases of whichever item you choose.

The elementary school will be collecting items for hygiene bags. All donations received here at the church, the elementary school and high-school are part of the same drive and will end up at the 403. We will be collecting in the Sanctuary foyer. Thank you for helping support with food for those less fortunate.

What we offer

Shelves of tinned and packaged food in the pantry, with coloured bins of groceries ready for collection.

Help Center

Food boxes, clothing vouchers, hygiene kits, one-day bus passes and emergency assistance. Walk-ins Monday to Wednesday, first come, first served; please bring photo ID and proof of residency.

What to bring →

A shopper browsing a rail of clothing in the thrift store.

Thrift Store & Boutique

Clothing, furniture, household goods and seasonal finds at thrift-store prices — new items daily. Everyone is welcome, and every purchase funds food assistance and daily operations.

Opening hours →

A young volunteer raking a bed in the community garden.

Volunteer

Almost everything here is done by volunteers. Give a couple of hours a month or a day a week — cashiers, interviewers, sorters, food-box packers and more. Students needing community hours are welcome.

Get started →

Coming up

  • Nov 21 Nashville Praise Symphony — Madison Campus Church. A benefit concert for the 403 Center, with a love offering collected for Adventist Community Services. Help us fill the food truck with donations that weekend.
  • Nov 23–27 Thanksgiving food boxes — special distribution during Thanksgiving week. Donations of holiday meal staples are welcome.
  • Nov 26 Thanksgiving Day — Center closed.
  • Dec 12 Christmas at Madison Campus — a Christmas celebration with the church community.
  • Dec 13 ACS Volunteer Christmas Brunch — 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at Madison Campus Church, for ACS volunteers.
  • Dec 25 Christmas Day — Center closed.

Read the November–December newsletter →

Most needed right now

Clean, gently used donations are always welcome. At the moment we are especially short of:

  • Men’s warm clothing & winter jackets
  • Winter socks
  • Long underwear (S–XL)
  • Gloves, hats & sturdy boots
  • Rain jackets & ponchos
  • Warm blankets & sleeping bags
  • Tarps & small tents
  • Rolling suitcases & waterproof bags
  • Hand & foot warmers
  • Bibles

Donations can be dropped off Monday to Thursday during opening hours.

Visit us

Thrift Store — Monday to Thursday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Help Center — Monday to Wednesday, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Thursday — Community Support Day, by appointment only
403 Gallatin Pike S., Madison, TN 37115 · (615) 860-6001

A look inside

ACS Introduction Video from Odyssey Productions on Vimeo.