Our Services

ICSL offers a number of helpful services to our local community in addition to our food pantry. Take a look at our current services listed below! The list is always growing, so be sure to check back for updates!

Food Pantry

Volunteer placing a bag of colorful, fresh groceries in the trunk of a car. Click for our Contact and Hours.

Our drive-thru food pantry is open Tuesday - Saturday from 9am - 1pm. Anyone who lives between Gladiolus Dr. in South Fort Myers to Coconut Rd. in Estero may qualify for food. New clients must provide a photo ID and proof of address. Both perishable and non-perishables items are available.

Utility Bill Assistance

A past due utility bill. Click for our contact and hours.

Funds are available through a United Way grant to help residents who have fallen behind on their electric or water bills. You must provide a past-due bill in your name, your account number, and a photo ID. You must also live in our service area (see map below). Note there is an annual limit to the amount we may assist with.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

Person filling out a tax form. Click for our contact and hours.

For free, trained VITA volunteers prepare and file federal income tax returns for taxpayers who make under $70,000 per year. Also includes amended and late returns. You do not have to be a client for this service.

Free English Classes

English as a second language for adults meets Mondays and Wednesday from 10:00 - 11:30 am at the Outreach Center. The class is a beginner's level and our instructor was trained at the Literacy Council of Gulf Coast. New session begins 1/6/25.

SNAP & Medicaid Registration Assistance

A person assisting others with online SNAP and Medicaid registration. Click for our contact and hours.

As a Florida Department of Children & Families Access Site, ICSL can assist in registering for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) program as well as Medicaid.You do not have to be a client for this service. By appointment only.

Summer BreakSpot

Young children smiling and enjoying their lunches together. Click for our contact and hours.

We offer this free summer lunch program to kids 18 and under! 2025 hours and dates to be announced. Besides providing lunch, daily activities include movies and popcorn, games, crafts, a reading corner, and special guests! Located at our Outreach Center.

PreK Reading Program

This class is for children 3-5 yrs of age who are accompanied by a parent/adult. We meet for an hour to read a book, sing a learning song, create an alphabet craft, as well as practicing letter and number recognition. No preregistration needed. Wednesdays 9:00-10:00 am at the Outreach Center.

Our Service Area

To utilize our food pantry services and electric and water bill assistance, clients must live within our service area pictured within the green box on the map below (from Gladiolus Dr in South Fort Myers to Coconut Rd in Estero)

If you live outside of our service area, you may contact United Way for assistance by dialing "211"

ICSL Service Area Map, showing from Gladiolus Drive in South Fort Myers down through Coconut Rd in Estero

ICSL is an equal opportunity provider of services. ICSL, in accordance with both federal and state laws, will not deny service to citizens on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The Federal Civil Rights Act guarantees all people the right to “full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and to accommodations of any place of public accommodation, without discrimination or segregation on the group of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.” The right of public accommodation is also guaranteed to disabled citizens under the Americans with Disabilities Act, which precludes discrimination based on disability.