Food Pantries

Kids Read Now provides books to food pantries to distribute to families in need, ensuring kids who are too old for the Dolly Parton Imagination library can still receive free reading materials over the summer.

The van seats 15 passengers and will help the Foodbank meet the growing need for food assistance across Montgomery, Greene and Preble counties.

Ohio House Bill 157, also known as the Hunger Free Campus bill. This bill would allocate $2.5 million for college students’ basic needs.

A retired chef and his husband have started a soup kitchen in Yellow Springs, Ohio. They're calling it "Who's Hungry" and want it to be a place where people can find community.

The Dayton Metro Library will be reducing food distributions at its main branch downtown from two to one a month, and closing its Vandalia, Trotwood and Southeast branch pantries.

Over the summer 20 students participated in the pilot program. UD's Hanley Sustainability Institute provided students with 238 pounds of produce, grown and processed at the campus garden.

Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley now has a larger food pantry and newly updated facility in Dayton.

The Foodbank, serving Montgomery, Greene and Preble counties, is closing its Wednesday drive-thru, saying more than 100 community partners fill the gap for food insecurity.

The Dayton Metro Library announced its partnership with the Dayton Foodbank to become an official pantry location Monday.

Dayton Public School officials held a grand opening for a new food pantry on Wednesday. Edison Elementary is now the first school in the district to have a pantry that’s available for students and their families.

Veterans Day was last week. The holiday honors veterans of all wars for their service. But in their lives after their service, some veterans face food insecurity.

Since May of this year, The Dayton Foodbank has been holding a free monthly farmers market at First Baptist Church in Yellow Springs. It's a new effort that comes after the food bank identified Yellow Springs as an underserved area for households experiencing food insecurity.