Connect with our Local Food Pantries
Download the food pantry guide (provided by South Michigan Food Bank)
Holiday Meal Deals
Access this deal by shopping in-store. Dollar General is reducing the price of holiday meal ingredients and providing extra discounts when customers bundle ingredients together. Some meal bundles include:
- Buy Bruce’s Yams Cut Sweet Potatoes and Clover Valley Light Brown Sugar, Get free Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
- Buy Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup and French’s Original Crispy Fried Onions, Get Clover Valley Green Beans free
- Buy Keebler Graham Ready Crust and Nestlé Carnation Evaporated Milk, Get Clover Valley Pumpkin free
Free Food and Hot Meals in Hillsdale County
| Organization | Address | Hours | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Baptist Church Pantry | 4215 N Edon Rd, Allen, MI 49227 | First & Third Saturday of the month from 10 am-12 pm | Provides general food pantry items to the community. |
| Waldron Church of Christ | 107 W St, Waldron, MI 49288 | Fourth Wednesday of the month from 12-4 pm December 2025 is moved to third Wednesday of the month due to holidays | Appointments are preferred. Call (517) 458-4256 to schedule. Pantry accepts food and non-food donations. Will only accept shelf stable and freezable food items. Provides a shopping cart full of shelf-stable and sometimes frozen food. Will provide non-food/hygiene items if they are donated by community members. |
| Current Church | 2211 W Bacon Rd, Hillsdale, MI 49242 | First & Third Tuesday of the month from 9 am-11 am | Provides an overflowing banana box of food, including meat, canned goods, pasta, produce, deli breads and desserts. |
| The Jonesville Mission | 501 Olds St, Jonesville, MI 49250 | Check Facebook for monthly hours November hours: every Tuesday from 4-5 pm. Fresh Food Giveaways are always the fourth Wednesday of the month from 4-5 pm. | Food is distributed on a first-come-first-served basis. If there are five weeks in the month there is no food pantry or fresh food giveaways during the fifth week. |
| Saint Anthony Family Center | 11 N Broad St, Hillsdale, MI 49242 | Tuesdays from 12:30-2 pm, Fridays from 9:30-11 am; lunch served on Tuesdays at 12 pm | Provides food pantry items and lunches to anyone in need. Volunteers also provide spiritual care to the community. |
| Thornhill Baptist Church | 4560 S Meridian Rd, Hudson, MI 49247 | Thursdays from 11 am-1 pm | Pantry accepts donations of any kind. Provides canned food, rice, frozen foods, lunch meat and sometimes fresh meat. Size of family determines how much food is provided. |
| Bankers Baptist Church | 3951 Bankers Rd, Hillsdale, MI 49242 | Second Wednesday every month from 3:30 pm until the food is gone | Pantry is most in need of canned goods, especially canned vegetables. Provides fresh meat and one hygiene item per family. The pantry is drive-through and first-come-first-served. Community members are advised to arrive early. |
| Camden United Methodist Church | 205 S Main St, Camden, MI 49232 | First Friday every month from 3 pm until the food is gone | Pantry is most in need of shelf-stable foods that can last until the pantry opens. Provides shelf-stable food and sometimes frozen meat. The line begins to form around 1:00 pm so community members are advised to arrive early. |
| First Congregational Church & Pittsford Wesleyan Church | 9294 Rail St, Pittsford, MI 49271 | First Tuesday every month from 1 pm until the food is gone | First-come-first-served |
| Hillsdale Community Schools | 175 Spring St, Hillsdale, MI 29242 | Third Tuesday every month starting at 4 pm | Enter the parent pickup line off of Fayette Street. The school occasionally hosts food drives and accepts non-perishable food items at any school location. Primarily gives out non-perishable foods to community members. |
| Hillsdale Salvation Army Food Pantry | 160 E Bacon St, Hillsdale, MI 49242 | Tuesdays from 9:30-11:30 am; free community lunch Tuesday-Friday from 11:30 am-1 pm | Both the pantry and the community lunches are drive-through. |
| El Bethel Father's Table Food Pantry | 1661 Hudson Rd, Hillsdale, MI 49242 | Tuesdays from 10 am-12 pm and 1-3 pm | |
| King's Kupboard | 69 Griswold St, Hillsdale, MI 49242 | Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 3:30-5:20 pm |
