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Dandelion Community Pantry

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Dandelion Community Pantry

Mutual aid food pantry. Currently partnered with the Really, Really Free Market of Albany.

Please feel free to message us with questions, mutual aid requests, or help between 11am and 9pm.

10/31/2026

Good morning all and happy Halloween! Yesterdays market was a huge success and we were able to give away all of the goodie bags as well as a significant portion of our pantry food stock! Its been really amazing to see what we've been able to do with the money we've gotten from the raffle, and be on the look out for another in the coming new year😁.

That being said, we are low on stock for food stuffs again and are still accepting donations through our messages! The dandelion pantry would love to be able to help people with food stuffs during the holidays but we rely heavily on donations, currently the majority of funding for the pantry has come from the head of the pantry. We are looking into doing food drives in the new year but for now we are just asking for food donations, monetary donations, or save your money for the raffle[it will have some really great stuff!].

Thank you all so much for your support and I hope theres plenty of candy to go around this halloween!

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10/30/2026

We're currently at montieth river park! Stop on by, we have a lot of stuff all free take what you need! Were set up with Really, Really Free Market Albany OR until 4!

10/28/2026

Here is a breakdown of money spent so far from the 120$ raffle money!

2 boxes of winco brand ritz like crackers: 4.96$
1 bag Hershey miniatures candy for goody bags: 5.97$
Austin brand cheese cracker snack packs: 2.26$
Austin brand peanut butter cracker snack packs: 4.52$
3 boxes of Winco brand soft fruit and grain bars: 6.84$
bulk goody bag candy: 11.9$
bag fee: .15
total: 36.60

new 6 foot folding table: 38.15

total spent: 74.75
total remaining: 45.25

The pantry has been offsetting some of the cost as well with personal funds. with the remaining 45.25 we will be looking into purchasing bulk condiment packets as well as portable snacks and meals. any suggestions for how to use the funds are greatly welcome!

PS. we also plan on doing another raffle at the beginning of the new year!

10/27/2026

Hello all! We will be handing out food and candy/goody bags at Monteith riverpark with Really, Really Free Market Albany OR on October 30th from 12pm-4pm!

We will have 40 goody bags, maybe more! Adults, teens, kids, stop on by, candy is for everyone!

Feel free to bring donations at this time as well! We look forward to this upcoming market! if it goes well we plan to do many more things during the holidays next year.

20 bags down, 20 more to go!

10/25/2026

We will be with the Really, Really Free Market Albany OR on the 30th of October from 12-4pm at Monteith park! There will be goodie bags with candy for the holiday, as well as new food stock from the recent raffle money! *Receipts will be posted for those purchases*

10/01/2026

We are so grateful to those who bought tickets! The pantry will be moving a few things around and settling into a plan to use the money. Once the plan has been decided we will be posting receipts, information on what we plan to do with the money, and will be fully transparent about where those funds are going!

09/25/2026

We will be at Monteith park today from 12 to 4pm 9/25/26 with the Really, Really Free Market Albany OR to distribute food! Bring what you can take what you need😊

03/12/2026

Hello everyone Its Justin Watkins. The pantry is going through some changes and shifts right now, but I want you to know that things are on track for the future!

When the pantry was first created and thought up, the people of Albany and the rest of Oregon were facing an emergency. The government was shut down and SNAP would not be given out for an unknown amount of time, despite funding being set aside for this specific situation, the federal government didn't see it fit to feed its most vulnerable populations.

That urgency lead to an idea to create a pantry. We did a lot of helping people, handing out food to upwards of 28 families, and helping with thanksgiving dinner of many people as well. Albany stepped up most, while I was busy delivering and picking up, you all were giving whatever you had to keep our neighbors fed.

However in the haste of it all, things were easier. Now that things have slowed down a bit, I had almost no idea where to start. I'm doing the work to restructure the new organization into something smaller to start, with the hope to grow into a hub that can feed those who fall through the cracks in the system.

This little node of mutual aid is a stubborn flower of hope for me and I hope it does the same for more people💛.

Please stay tuned for more announcements regarding volunteers and people who would like to have a hand in building this mutual aid hub I dream of!

[I will have the full story of my journey(for those who are interested) in the short 3 last months of 2025 posted on my brand new substack, link in my profile]

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