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Providing our neighbors with essential ingredients to transform their lives.

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Food Pantry Hours

Are you in need of food for yourself or family? The Green Apple Pantry can help today. The Green Apple Pantry is distributing:

Monday & Tuesday: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Wednesday & Thursday: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

USDA Commodity Distribution: 6/5, 9/11, 12/11/2024

Zip Codes We Serve:

49508, 49548, 49512, and 49316

Learn more about our Food Assistance programs or contact us at 616.455.9411.

Location:

4307 Kalamazoo Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508

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Support Our Mission

Spring Fling Tickets

Tickets for the Annual 2024 5-2-24 Open House are now available for sale online. Purchase today!

March 2024 Neighbors

# of households served:
March 2023: 251
March  2024: 287
*** 9% increase 2023 to 2024 ***
# of individuals served:
March 2023: 620
March 2024: 871
*** 36% increase 2023 to 2024 ***

2023 Impact Report

For more than 40 years, the mission of The Green Apple Pantry has been to provide healthy food options by feeding our neighbors today while empowering them for tomorrow. Answering the challenge of hunger means meeting our neighbor’s needs today while addressing strategies that have a lasting impact on the overall health of our community.

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Pantry Recipes

Eat your way through our pantry! Are you looking for simple recipes to help you make the most out of your pantry box! Click the orange box below to learn more.

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From the Blog

2024 Spring Fling Tickets

Mar 17, 2024

Tickets are limited for this event. Please Pre-purchase your tickets!

We are proud to announce our annual spring open house, the Plant A Seed and Watch Us Grow event! (Thursday, May 2, 6-8 p.m.) Spring of 2024 is a special season as well as we celebrate 40 years of serving our neighbors and giving back.

The Spring Fling will be held at our The Green Apple Pantry and our own community garden in south Grand Rapids/Kentwood area. Tour the pantry and see for yourself how we benefit our local neighbors.

Local food and delicious Spring Fling beverages will be served for guests and you can see with your own eyes how we help the local community.

Come and see what we are all about or come back to see how things have changed. The Green Apple Pantry is constantly evolving and working towards being as efficient and productive as possible.

Tickets are $40 each and available online for purchase now.