Community Resources and Emergency Services For Pickens County residents Our mission at CARES for Pickens County is to provide food and essential non-food items, temporary financial assistance, resource counseling and educational assistance to those in need who are residing in Pickens County, Georgia. Anyone in a difficult situation due to illness, accident, layoff or any misfortune that causes them to be in a temporary or emergency need of the basics - food and emergency assistance with housing - is welcome to be a recipient. It is our devout hope that those who receive these goods and services will be strengthened in body and spirit. We are more than a food pantry. We want our families to know that they are loved!