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Demonstration site · Quarry Road Food Pantry is invented. The features are real.Demo tour →

Come get groceries.
Nobody will ask why.

Once a week, anyone in the county, no ID and no paperwork beyond one signed line at the desk. You pick from the shelves what your household actually eats. We are in the old hardware store at 61 Quarry Road, run by about 110 neighbours and two staff.

Right now · Friday 18 SeptemberClosed right nowOpens tomorrow, Saturday, at 9 a.m. Busiest morning; come after 10 for a shorter wait.
Tuesdaynoon to 3 p.m.
Thursday4 to 7 p.m.
Saturday9 a.m. to noon
ClosedThu 26 Nov · Thanksgiving
This week

What we need

Peanut butter 16 oz jarsOut
Diapers, sizes 4 to 6 opened packs are fineOut
Canned tuna and chicken any brand, pop-top if you canLow
Cooking oil 48 oz bottlesLow
Canned fruit in juice, not syrupLow
Cereal family sizeEnough
Pasta please, no more for nowEnough

Updated Friday 18 September by the pantry. Lines drop off by themselves after their date.

Drop off during opening hours. Nothing opened, nothing past its date, nothing home-made — the why is on the Give page. Or host a drive and print the flyer.

Who can come

Anyone in the county, once a week

No ID. No proof of income. No appointment. You sign one line at the desk saying your household needs food; that line is the whole form, and the Get food page explains it in plain words and in Spanish.

Choose from the shelves with a points guide by household size, the way you would at a store — except nothing is for sale. Kids, seniors, people who work days: the evening and Saturday hours are for you.

What to expect, step by step → · En español →

One aisle of the pantry before opening: tall metal shelves of plain-label cans, bags of rice and pasta and boxed cereal, hand-written shelf tags, morning light from the old shopfront window at the far end.
The first aisle, Tuesday, before noon. The shelves are full after the truck; the tags say how many of each a household may take.
The place

The old hardware store, 61 Quarry Road

Brick front, a ramp at the door, a bench, and shelves that once held paint and nails. Carts and baskets by the door; the desk is straight ahead. Bus route 2 stops at the corner. If you cannot come in, say so at the desk and a volunteer walks the shelves with you or packs a cart to your car.

Volunteer this week17 places open across 5 shifts

Receiving the truck Tuesday at 9, sorting Wednesdays, distribution Tuesday, Thursday evening and Saturday morning, drivers for the Friday route. Full shifts stay listed so you can see the whole week.

Shifts by day →

Host a food drivePrint the flyer

Your organization, your dates, our drop-off hours and this week’s needs list, on one dated sheet you can pin up. The list on the flyer is the list on this page.

Make a flyer →

Last monthAugust: 1,123 households, 3,198 people, 53,100 lb

Counted at the desk every visit, weighed at the door, reported to Three Rivers Food Bank by the 15th. The year, the monthly table and how each number is counted are on the Numbers page.

The numbers →

What this demo shows

Built for a food pantry, not a store

Quarry Road Food Pantry is invented. The features are real and working, and each one is an example of what connectNPO builds for nonprofits. The other sample sites: Youth arts → · Scholarships → · Community theatre → · Youth center → · Youth soccer → · Counseling →

01

Hours and closures, typed once

Three opening days and a few closures on one staff sheet feed the home page, Get food, the footer, what Google reads and a line for the Business Profile. “Closed today — opens Saturday 9 a.m.” is computed, never typed.

When we are open →
02

What we need this week

Out, low or enough, with a date each line expires. Home, Give and the drive flyer read it; a stale line drops off by itself.

The needs list →
03

Shifts by distribution day

Receiving, sorting, distribution, drivers. Full shifts stay listed; a one-off date vanishes when it has passed.

This week’s shifts →
04

Host a drive, print the flyer

A dated flyer with the host’s name, the drop-off hours and this week’s list, made from a form that sends nothing.

Make a flyer →
05

Get food, written for the person coming

What happens, what to bring (nothing), the line you sign explained with its source, a Spanish summary, a reservation slot in demo mode, and links to 211 and other pantries.

Get food →
06

Numbers with their method

Households, people, visits and pounds by month, the year added up from the months, and where the food comes from. Every number says how it was counted.

The numbers →
07

Financials and the USDA statement

Three 990s, a review and the letter as labelled samples; donated food valued on its own line; TEFAP status; the nondiscrimination statement in full.

Financials →
08

The staff side

One menu for hours, closures, the needs list, shifts, the monthly numbers and documents, with a needs-attention list and a Google Business Profile hours line to paste. Signs you in as sample staff; nothing you change is saved.

Open the staff preview →
Quarry Road Food Pantry · 61 Quarry Road, the old hardware store · Tuesday noon to 3 p.m. · Thursday 4 to 7 p.m. · Saturday 9 a.m. to noon · closed Thursday 26 November · EIN 00-0000007 · a TEFAP partner agency of Three Rivers Food Bank (invented) · USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender · [email protected] · a sample organization: every number is inventedA sample site · Built by connectNPO →