Riverbend Community Pantry
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Riverbend Community Pantry

Nobody in [CITY] should go to bed hungry

We hand out free groceries every week to anyone who needs them. No forms, no proof, no questions. Your gift keeps the shelves full.

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  • A wooden crate of tomatoes, peppers and aubergines on the grass
  • Volunteers sorting donated food into containers on a long table
  • Wooden crates of produce stacked in the back of a van

Free groceries this week

  • Saturday morning [OPEN]–[CLOSE]
  • Wednesday evening [OPEN]–[CLOSE]
  • [STREET], [CITY]
How to get food

What your gift does

Pick an amount. See it on the table.

Grocers and farms give us most of our food. Your money buys what they can’t, like milk, eggs and protein, and keeps the van on the road.

  • $25 [WHAT $25 PROVIDES]
  • $50 [WHAT $50 PROVIDES]
  • $100 [WHAT $100 PROVIDES]
  • $250 [WHAT $250 PROVIDES]
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A week at the pantry

From the back of a van to your kitchen

  1. Monday

    Pickup

    Drivers collect surplus bread and produce from local grocers and farms.

  2. Wednesday

    Sort and pack

    Volunteers check dates, sort donations and pack weekend bags for kids.

  3. Thursday

    Deliver

    Groceries go out to neighbours who can’t get to us.

  4. Saturday

    Open doors

    The tables fill up and anyone can come and choose what they need.

What we do

Food, close to home

  • Two pairs of hands passing a tub of groceries across a table

    Saturday distribution

    Fresh produce, dairy, bread and pantry staples, chosen like a small grocery store. Come once a week; nobody asks why.

  • A bag of groceries, oranges and milk left on a doormat

    Home delivery

    Volunteers bring a week of groceries to neighbours who are housebound, recovering or caring for someone.

  • A volunteer in blue gloves packing tins and pasta into a box marked Donations

    Weekend bags for kids

    A bag of easy, kid-friendly food goes home from school every Friday with children who might otherwise go without.

  • [HOUSEHOLDS] households each week
  • [POUNDS] pounds of food a year
  • [VOLUNTEERS] volunteers
  • [CENTS] of every dollar goes to food

In their words

Why it matters

  • [NEIGHBOUR STORY]

    [FIRST NAME] · Neighbour

  • [VOLUNTEER STORY]

    [FIRST NAME] · Volunteer since [YEAR]

Two volunteers cooking in a neighbour’s kitchen while she looks on

Two hours on a Saturday feeds a street

Sort, pack, greet, drive. No experience needed, and you’ll leave knowing your neighbours a little better.

See the shifts

With food and help from

  • [PARTNER NAME]
  • [PARTNER NAME]
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