Freestore Foodbank supports over 600 food pantries, soup kitchens, and other organizations in the tristate area — including NEEDS! You can join their fight against hunger by participating in the Hunger Walk and 5K this Memorial Day.
Click HERE to join the NEEDS team! Whether you register to walk or simply make a donation, you’ll be helping the Freestore and NEEDS to provide food to hungry families in our community.
The NEEDS pantry serves hundreds of people each month. You can help by donating some of our most-needed items!
Our top three needs this month are laundry detergent, canned salmon, and sanitary pads. Other crucial items are listed below.
Non-Perishable Food: Canned mixed vegetables Canned beef stew Canned chili
Donations can be dropped off at Kenwood Baptist Church, either at the drive-through during our open hours (Tuesday and Thursday 9:00-1:00), or in the marked boxes at each entrance. You can also donate via our Amazon Wish List, and your donation will be shipped directly to the pantry!
Want to support NEEDS – and win cash? The Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon’s Piggest Raffle Ever is the perfect opportunity!
Simply visit piggestraffleever.com, choose NEEDS as your charity to support, and select the number of tickets (or “pigs”) you’d like to purchase. Each ticket is $5, and 100% of proceeds go directly to your selected charity. No running required!
On May 3, the grand prize winner will receive $5000 – with an additional $5000 awarded to their charity!
The NEEDS pantry serves hundreds of people each month. You can help by donating some of our most-needed items!
Our top three needs this month are laundry detergent, Hamburger Helper (or store brand), and rice and pasta mixes. Other crucial items are listed below.
Non-Perishable Food: Canned black beans Pasta sauce Peanut butter Potato mixes
Donations can be dropped off at Kenwood Baptist Church, either at the drive-through during our open hours (Tuesday and Thursday 9:00-1:00), or in the marked boxes at each entrance. You can also donate via our Amazon Wish List, and your donation will be shipped directly to the pantry!
NEEDS’ pantry coordinators shared this story of generosity from a new partner:
“The Ladies of Charity, an outreach of St. Gertrude’s Catholic Church of Madeira, chose to support the NEEDS food pantry when another pantry they’d supported closed. They were impressed that NEEDS worked within the same service area as their parish did.
The first fruits of their support arrived on Monday, March 3 — in their OWN marked box truck. The group took care to collect items on our pantry’s list of ‘Most Needed Items’ which was of great impact on pantry stock. The group’s driver, Tom, was delighted that donations were going to a pantry that really needed them. NEEDS really looks forward to its ongoing relationship with the Ladies of Charity!”
NEEDS is so grateful to organizations like the Ladies of Charity for their support. Click HERE to find out how you can get involved, too!
NEEDS’ pantry coordinators shared this heartwarming story:
“The youth group at Good Shepherd Lutheran has made its Souper Bowl of Caring an annual tradition, and each year it benefits the NEEDS food pantry. This year, the kids outdid themselves — collecting two full SUV loads of nonperishable food for the pantry. And yes, most of it was canned soup! Their donations will allow us to meet the emergency food needs of our less fortunate neighbors for weeks to come.
The Souper Bowl of Caring has proven an ideal way for the kids to put their Christian faith into action, following the Biblical mandate of ‘feed the hungry.’ And from these photos, it looks to be a fun time as well!”
Click HERE to find out how you can join NEEDS in caring for our neighbors!
Last week, the children at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Madeira were busy collecting soup to help stock the NEEDS pantry. Jeanne Leblond, director of the children’s ministry, coordinated the drive and delivered 307 cans to the pantry. She also promised that a check would be in the mail!
Thank you to St. Paul’s for partnering with NEEDS to meet the emergency food needs of our less fortunate neighbors!
Want to organize a food drive or donation of your own? Click HERE to find out how!
A local student organized a donation program to benefit NEEDS — but what happened after she left for college? NEEDS’ pantry coordinators shared this update:
“For several years, Logan Symson of Amberley Village ran a monthly Food Share program in which village residents donated items on the list of most needed items at the NEEDS pantry. When Logan moved from Walnut Hills to college, her younger sister Hannah stepped up to take over the project.
Hannah, with the help of her mother, delivered her first Food Share donation to the pantry the last weekend of January 2025. She hopes to expand the program during her own high school years. Welcome, Hannah, to the work of providing food assistance to the less fortunate in our community! It’s great to have you as a part of our NEEDS network.”
Click HERE to find out how you can join NEEDS, too!
While many of us were stocking up on Super Bowl snacks, the residents of Twin Lakes Senior Living Community were helping to stock the NEEDS pantry!
For yet another year, the community added a food drive benefiting NEEDS to its Super Bowl 2025 festivities. Residents bought their donations to the complex’s annual party. Thank you to Twin Lakes for being a great teammate in helping our neighbors!
