Food Gatherers: How to Get Food
Food Gatherers says in its own words that you do not have to prove your income to get food. It is a regional food bank, so it supplies pantries rather than handing out groceries itself: below is how to find the one near you.
- Proof of income
- Not required
- Cost
- Free
- Hands out food
- Through pantries
- use its locator to find one
- Hours
- Published
- see “When is it open”
Do I have to prove my income to get food from Food Gatherers?
Quoted in full in the green box above.
How do I actually get food from Food Gatherers?
Food Gatherers' warehouse is not a distribution site. Use the Find Food map at foodgatherers.org/foodresources/ to find partner pantries and meal programs in Washtenaw County; you can search by address and filter by program type, day, time, delivery, emergency assistance or SNAP help. Then go to that site and check in. Staff will help you choose a program if you call 734-761-2796.
When is Food Gatherers open?
Days and hours vary by partner site and are shown on each listing in the Find Food map (map, list, week or calendar view).
Does Food Gatherers cost anything?
Free.
What do I need to bring?
Nothing is required. ID is optional and only speeds up check-in.
Where Food Gatherers works
Washtenaw County, Michigan
Worth knowing before you go
The directory covers Washtenaw County only. For help outside Washtenaw County the food bank points to the United Way 2-1-1 hotline.
For more than this week
A pantry covers today. SNAP covers the month, and in Michigan the application is the state's own. SNAP in Michigan →
Other food banks in MI
Each one covers different counties, so if Food Gatherers does not reach where you live, one of these probably does.
- Forgotten HarvestOak Park, MI
- Food Bank of Eastern MichiganFlint, MI
- Feeding America West MichiganComstock Park, MI
- Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern MichiganTaylor, MI
- Greater Lansing Food BankBath, MI
Read on foodgatherers.org on Sep 9, 2026. We do not copy opening hours from other sites, because a wrong hour sends someone on a wasted trip. Last review Sep 9, 2026.
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