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Food Pantry

WHAT'S THIS WHITE SPACE FOR?

With fewer jobs and recent pay cuts, many people are finding it difficult to put food on the table. Don't think of it as a hand-out, but a way for them to afford necessary bills like rent or house payments, electricity and heat and to eliminate the need to choose between food and their medecine.

Our Meijer: Committed to Our Community Food Pantry feels like a freindly, neighborhood grocery store with a large variety of food choices. At each visit to the pantry, patrons receive enough food to help their family through about two days. We provide over 70 tons of food per year! Program staff are friendly and speak Spanish for our Hispanic/Latino customers.

The Food Pantry serves as one of 11 "key pantries" in the ACCESS (All County Churches Emergency Support Services) Kent County-wide food pantry network. Support pantries enable SECOM to offer convenient locations to customers throughout its service area. Funds from Meijer and other local conors enable us to offer and maintain the spacious pantry store area and warehouse in the facility we moved into in 2003. Donations of food and other items are welcome. Deliveries should be made to our north dock between 9:00 am and noon or 1:00 pm and 5:00 Monday through Friday.

Pantry Needs

Fresh meats, cheese, eggs, butter, yogurt
Canned meats, tuna, stew, soup, pasta with meat
Canned and fresh vegetables, canned beans
Canned and fresh fruit, fruit cups, juices, and fruit treats
Cereal, muffin and biscuit mixes, sliced bread
Rice, dry pasta, dry beans, especially pintos
Packaged dinners, such as hamburger, chicken, and tuna helpers
Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, sauces, and dry seasoning mixes
Staples: Flour, sugar, cooking oil, spices
Shampoo, toothpaste, laundry soap, dish soap, baby care items
Toilet tissue, facial tissue, paper towels, food storage bags
Low fat, low salt, and suger free food items for special health program clients

Requirements for service include:

For each adult: Photo ID; proof of income (or lack thereof); current mail for verification of address

For Tuesday night service: current check stub for head of household for 'working during the day' evidence

For each minor: Identification which can be any one of the following: birth certificate; social security card; or MIChild card.

Food Pantry
Time of Year	Days	Times	Fee	Childcare Available	Spanish Speaking Available	Join Us
All year Ongoing	M W F	9:30 am -11:30am	*Free to low income individuals 1st & 3rd Tuesdays only. Must provide checkstub as evidence of daytime work.	No	Yes	All men, women and children in the SECA, South East Grand, and Garfield Park neighborhoods (service area) Must provide ID for each person in household, proof of income, and proof of address. with low income
	T	6:00pm - 7:30pm

*Service area: four square miles bordered by Hall Street to the north, US-131 to the west, 28th Street to the south, and Patterson Avenue to the east.