Give Stuff

We accept food donations so long as it is clean, unopened, within date, and has been held in safe food handling temperatures. We also accept non-food items like hygiene products, paper products, baby diapers, pads, tampons and incontenence products. We do not accept fabric items such as clothes.

If you would like to drop off a donation, our recieving times are any weekday 9 am – 12 pm, as well as Mondays 4 pm – 7 pm. If you need to coordinate a donation drop-off outside of those time or have a large donation, please contact our Market Manager at a.lawson@caincincy.org.

Are you a part of a workplace, civic group, social club, school or faith group that would like to give back to our community? Donation drives of canned goods, personal care, items, or snack-pack supplies are a great way to contribute to our mission.

Reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator at r.stone@caincincy.org to coordinate a drive.

During our pantry hours staff and volunteers hand out two different types of pre-packed bags of food – emergency bags and snack packs.

When families are unable to shop the pantry for whatever reason may be, we provide an emergency bag of shelf stable food to be able to prepare a few days worth of meals for their family. These bags typically contain canned vegetables, canned fruit, cereal, pasta or rice, canned chili or meat, peanut butter and jelly.

When we meet someone who is unhoused and unable to store and prepare food, we provide them with a snack pack. Snack packs are a collection of single-serving, shelf-stable foods – such as chips, cookies, pop-top soups, beef sticks, juice, and crackers – that should feed someone for their next few meals that day. We provide a hot water tap and microwave on site to heat up any items provided.

Reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator at r.stone@caincincy.org to get a complete list of bag items and set up a drop off date. We also have space to pack the bags on site at CAIN, if needed.

Our guests love to receive fresh fruits, veggies and eggs in our pantry. If you have a green thumb and overabundance of produce from your garden we would love to see it! If you have chickens and would like to donate their eggs, please be sure that the eggs have been laid within the last 2 weeks and are preferably unwashed.

If you would like to drop off a donation, our recieving times are any weekday 9 am – 12 pm, as well as Mondays 4 pm – 7 pm. If you need to coordinate a donation drop-off outside of those time or have a large donation, please contact our Market Manager at a.lawson@caincincy.org.

While guests are encouraged to bring their own bags when they sign up to shop, we also try to provide bags as available. We can receive any clean, gently used grocery bags – paper, plastic or reusable! We also accept rolling luggage to assist guests who are walking or taking the bus home from Market. Bags can be donated at CAIN (weekdays 9 am – 12 pm or Monday nights 4 pm – 7 pm); or at one of our local drop-off locations during their business hours:

• Northside Library Branch
• Mt Healthy Library Branch
• Square Mile Coffee
• Box Elder Community Room
• First United Church of Christ
• Clifton United Church of Christ
• Caracole
• Cincy Climb (gym members only)

If you are interested in setting up a bag donation site at your business, office, or community space reach out to our Market Manager Aileen at a.lawson@caincincy.org.

What we recieve in our regular donations changes through out the year. Below are the items we need most in our pantry now:

• Bottled water
• Gatorades, single serve juices, and drink mix packets
• Snack-size chips or crackers
• Microwavable meals (Chef Boyardee, chili, Compleats, mac and cheese)
• Peanut Butter
• Pouch tuna or chicken
• Masa flour
• Cooking oil
• Baby diapers (any size)
• Adult incontinence products
• Baby wipes
• Any personal care items or cleaning products