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Donate Food and Supplies

We welcome your donations of food and new or gently used supplies for our programs. Choose from the items below.

Donate Food

MHC accepts donations of food during the hours of 3-6 pm Monday through Friday. We especially need fresh produce, dairy products, and meat. We also accept canned and boxed goods, as well as diapers, toiletries, dish and laundry soap and household cleaners.

Donate Pantry Supplies

  • Reuseable shopping bags
  • Recycled grocery-size bags
  • Box cutter knives
  • 55-gallon trash bags
  • Staples
  • Sticky notes (Post-Its®)
  • Coupons for groceries, toiletries, and other household items
  • Eco-friendly cleaning supplies (dish soap, toilet bowl and bathroom cleaner, floor cleaner, etc.)
  • Childrens’ books
  • Healthy cookbooks
  • Gardening books
  • Kid-sized chairs
  • Hand trucks
  • Literature/magazine racks
  • Digital camera
  • LCD projector

Donate Garden Supplies

  • Large coolers
  • Potting soil
  • Straw bales
  • Organic soil amendments/fertilizers/pest controllers
  • Garden forks
  • Spades
  • Organic vegetable seeds and starts
  • Tall stakes
  • Hoses

In addition, if you are good at basic carpentry, we can use your help in the garden. Become a volunteer »

  • Quick Fact

    107,965

    is the number of bags of groceries MHC distributed in 2011