Open Hands Food Pantry & Garden
Mobile Drive-Through
Saturdays 9:00 am - 10:30 am
11 Mile and Woodward Ave in Royal Oak, MI
An Important Message To Our Guests
We are open on Saturdays from 9:00am – 10:30am for drive-through food distribution!
Open Hands Food Pantry will be open on Saturday mornings for the near future to serve guests. We have arrived at a plan for food distribution that will keep our guests and volunteers safe. Food distribution includes shelf stable groceries, fresh meat, and toiletries. Most often, we also have fresh vegetables and fruit available to distribute. Some additional personal items such as diapers and feminine hygiene products are distributed when available.
We are open at 9:00am and the distribution is a drive-through method. Enter the parking lot from 11 Mile. Cars will make several stops and then will be directed to the front of the church. Volunteers will place bags in the trunk of your vehicle. Guests must remain in their vehicle through the entire process to maintain social distancing. We suggest that guests arrive with an empty trunk to ensure proper storage space. We also ask that guests and volunteers wear masks.
To those without access to a vehicle, you are welcome to ‘walk up’, while maintaining six feet of social distance.
We plan to be open on Saturdays only for the near future.
During this time:
- There are no residential restrictions . We welcome residents of any county.
- There are no restrictions as to how often guests can come to Open Hands. You may come to Open Hands any Saturday you are in need of food.
Open Hands is pleased to be able to support our community!
Meijer Simply Give campaign benefits Open Hands
UPDATE: The Simply Give campaign supporting Open Hands has been extended through October 1!
Help feed your neighbors when you shop at Meijer-Woodward Corner Market!
Open Hands Food Pantry has joined forces with the Meijer Simply Give hunger relief program. Now through October 1, when you shop at the Woodward Corner Market located at 30955 Woodward Ave. Royal Oak, MI 48073 (13 Mile and Woodward) either in-store or online using Meijer pickup or home delivery, consider adding a Simply Give donation card to your basket. Your donation directly benefits Open Hands. In-store, the cards will be available at the check-out area.
For every $10 Simply Give donation card purchased on Double Match Days -- Saturday, June 18, Saturday, August 13 and Saturday, September 10 -- Meijer will double match the contribution, meaning they will donate an additional $20. This means Open Hands will receive a total of $30 for every $10 a customer donates on those days.
Share this with your friends, relatives, neighbors and co-workers because every dollar makes a difference! When we give, Meijer gives.
We sincerely thank our friends at Meijer for helping Open Hands feed our guests!
Gleaners Community Food Bank
Open Hands is proud to be a long-time partner agency with Gleaners Community Food Bank.
Their mission statement:
We exist to provide households with access to sufficient, nutritious food, and related resources.
We believe hunger can be solved.
Volunteer information for Gleaners Food Bank can be found HERE.
Do you shop on Amazon? If you do, you can automatically make money for Open Hands Food Pantry. Here’s how:
AmazonSmile is a program that donates 0.5% of your eligible purchases on Amazon to a charity of your choice. All you need to do is start your shopping at smile.amazon.com (it’s the same Amazon merchandise, links to your account – just type in smile.amazon.com or AmazonSmile in your browser rather than Amazon.
In order to browse or shop at AmazonSmile, customers must first select a charitable organization. At the selection screen, choose Open Hands Food Pantry, Royal Oak MI. (If you have an account with Amazon, this will be automatically saved for you for future purchases). There are really simple instructions that you can Google, or call and we’ll help you. Again, once you set this up, for eligible purchases made through AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will automatically donate 0.5% of the purchase price to Open Hands Food Pantry. The donation will be made at no extra cost to you.
Open Hands Garden
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Look at the results of the first garden harvest! Nine bins of produce and a pretty full fridge.
Open Hands Garden continued to operate throughout the pandemic as an essential activity in support of Open Hands Food Pantry weekly food distribution. The Garden Steering Committee is ready to safely re-engage with our ranks of fabulous volunteers!
Join us on Thursday evenings from 6:30pm - 8:00pm. Go to the Volunteer page to find the SignUpGenius link.
No experience or tools required. A garden leader(s) will be there to assist and direct you. The main activity will be harvesting & packing fresh produce for distribution at the Saturday morning drive-thru. Weeding & cultivating the soil and planting may be occasionally included. Children under 18 are welcome but must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. This is an outdoor activity but we will follow safe practices of social distancing and mask wearing.
Hunger is real especially during these trying times. Please help us feed our neighbors in need!
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