Freestore Foodbank supports hundreds of 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.
Our pantry coordinators shared this note of appreciation to Church of the Saviour United Methodist Church, one of NEEDS’ member organizations:
“What a surprise! Kathy and Dennis Anderson mentioned that they would be bringing in some non-perishable food items collected by members of Church of the Saviour. But little did we expect two car loads! On behalf of everyone here at the NEEDS pantry, please accept our warmest thanks. We especially appreciated the large reusable bags that the items arrived in. Already, many of the items donated over the holidays have disappeared — distributed to the many families asking for our help each week. Your donation will help replenish our shelves.”
NEEDS is so grateful to all of our member organizations for their ongoing support.
Twin Lakes Retirement Community staff and residents are longtime supporters of NEEDS. Our pantry coordinators shared this note of thanks for the community’s recent donation:
“What a wonderful Super Bowl pep rally you threw for the residents of Twin Lakes! They really seemed to be having a good time. And for yet another year, our NEEDS pantry was the beneficiary of all the non-perishable food donated by residents. All of us here at NEEDS are so grateful for the community’s ongoing support. It helps us meet the emergency food needs of our neighbors. We look forward to continuing to work together!”
Our pantry coordinators share, “We received SO many donations of non-perishable food during the period when SNAP benefits were cut off, as well as over the holidays. But as we enter March, so many of those items have already been given to our neighbors in need.”
You can help restock the pantry shelves by donating some of our most-needed items!
This month, our top need is laundry detergent.
Other much-needed items include: Vienna sausages Canned collard greens Canned tomato sauce Packaged rice and pasta sides Paper towels Toilet paper
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. Prefer to order online? Click HERE for more options. Thank you!
The first cold month of 2026 brought more than 160 families to NEEDS for food and emergency financial assistance. We look forward to serving our community in the year ahead!
You can help to meet our neighbors’ emergency needs! Click HERE to donate today. Thank you!
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. Prefer to order online? Click HERE for more options. Thank you!
The NEEDS pantry is in real need of sanitary pads and shampoo. Our stock is almost depleted. If you’d like to help us restock, you can drop off your donations at Kenwood Baptist Church during NEEDS’ open hours (Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 am – 1 pm). Donations can also be placed in the NEEDS bins at both entrances to the church.
In donating to a food pantry like that of NEEDS, it’s often hard to know what’s needed most. Of course, our pantry will use anything that’s donated.
However, when organizations do ask about best options, we often recommend gift cards for local grocery stores. They allow us to buy what’s needed at the moment, track local prices, and buy when things are on sale.
For the second year in a row, Good Shepherd Catholic parish put grocery gift cards on their Advent giving trees. This year, their appeal resulted in an amazing donation of gift cards that was immensely appreciated. Similarly, Everything But the House (EBTH) donated Kroger gift cards. The Montgomery Woman’s Club also chose to donate grocery gift cards.
To be clear, the NEEDS pantry will accept any and all donations! Gift cards are just one easy and effective way to donate.
Before their holiday break, students at Madeira Middle School held a food drive to benefit NEEDS. Our pantry coordinators shared this note of appreciation:
“Thank you so much for your donation to the NEEDS pantry in December. You did a great job of collecting so many of the items we needed to help our families during the holiday season. We loved seeing the enthusiasm of the students as they helped us load the car. It’s so special to see young people involved in community service. We’d like to add our special thanks to Ms. Kara Foley for coordinating this effort.
The NEEDS pantry has been in operation for over 40 years, operating out of Kenwood Baptist Church. The number of families we serve each year has more than doubled in the past four years. As a 100% volunteer and donation-run organization, we rely on contributions from schools, churches, and businesses to operate. We appreciate your efforts to help the less fortunate in our community.”
