Nutrition Sites
Happy Days (focal point)
305 23rd St.
Cairo: (618) 734-1050
Fax: (618) 734-1269 (call first)
Days of Operation: 5 (M-F)
Serving Time: 11:30
Olive Branch Senior Citizens
Olive Branch: (618) 776-5563
Day of Operation: 1 (W)
Serving Time: 11:30
Tamms Senior Center
Tamms: (618) 747-2426
Day of Operation: 1 (Tu)
Serving Time: 11:30
For other communities where home delivered
meals are available, call (618) 734-1451.
Food pantries and Soup Kitchens
Emergency Food and Shelter
Phone: (618) 734-0535
Daystar Program Soup Kitchen
Cairo: (618) 734-0178
McClure Baptist Church
Bridge & Market
McClure: (618) 661-1429
Happy Helpers Food Pantry
Tamms: (618) 747-2123
COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTERS
Delta Center for Alexander & Pulaski Co.
1400 Commercial St.
Cairo: (618) 734-2665
Services: Mental health counseling, substance
abuse, provides assertive community
training, supportive & supervised housing,
adult substance abuse, and psych-social
rehabilitation.
HEALTH CENTERS
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
Alexander County
Southern Seven Health Department
3014 Elm St.
Cairo: (618) 734-4167
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
CHESI Cairo Mega Clinic
13245 Kessler Rd.
Cairo
Health Clinic: (618) 734-4400
Social Services: (618) 734-453
CHESI Tamms Medical / Dental Clinics
290 Red Road St.
Tamms: (618) 747-2391
Housing Options
Public Housing
Alexander Co. Housing Authority
Cairo: (618) 734-1910
Units are in Cairo & Thebes.
Subsidized Housing
Little Egypt Apartments
Cairo: (618) 499-0802
Private Units
Diamond Development
Tamms I & Tamms II
Tamms: (618) 665-4081
SHELTERS & ASSISTANCE FOR THE
HOMELESS & CRISIS CENTERS
Cairo Women’s Shelter
911 Cedar St.
Cairo: (618) 734-4357
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
1401 Washington Ave.
Cairo: (618) 734-0762
Regional Office:
1000 N. Main St.
P.O. Box 585
Anna: (618) 833-5115
Counties: Alexander, Johnson, Massac,
Pulaski, and Union counties.
ALEXANDER COUNTY