For a list of local food pantries and resources
If SNAP benefits are delayed in November due to the government shutdown, food assistance is still available in our community. Here are local options you can contact now:
Bangor Sacred Heart Church - Food Pantry Th 1-4pm, Call 269-427-7514
Bangor Simpson United Methodist - "Blessing Box" with personal care/baby items available anytime
Decatur Human Services - Food Pantry M, W, F 9am-12pm
Eleanor's Pantry - Call 269-415-0444
Find Help (database of free/reduced cost resources: food, housing, financial asst, health care, etc.)
Gobles-Kendall Area Ministerial Association (GKAMA) - Call 269-628-4882
Hartford Food Pantry - Call 269-621-4103
Hope Resources - Call 269-202-6050
Hartford Immaculate Conception Church - Food Pantry W 9-11am, 3rd T 4-6pm, Call 269-621-4106
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes – Call 269-343-3663
Lawrence United Methodist Church Food Pantry - 1st W 4-6 pm, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th W 9am-12pm
Senior Services of Van Buren County - Mobile Food Pantry and Food Commodities
South Haven First Congregational Church - Food Pantry M, W, F 10am-12pm (need donations) Must be resident of VB or Allegan County
Southwest Michigan Community Action Agency (SMCAA) - Call 269-925-9077
United Way Southwest Michigan - Call 211
Van Buren Conservation District (list of Food Pantries)
We Care Community Resource Center - Call 269-637-4342
More questions that need answered about SNAP? Read here.