Alliance Community Pantry

09/26/2026

MEIJER KEEPS ON GIVING! Since the Meijer store opened its Alliance store in May 2024, they have been one of our most loyal and consistent supporters. Once again they have selected our Alliance Community Pantry as the recipient of their Simply Give program in which Meijer will match any customer's $10 donation, with all proceeds going to our Pantry.
The program begins Sunday, Sept. 27, and will run 13 weeks through Saturday, Dec. 26.
All a customer has to do is grab a Meijer Simply Give $10 donation card when checking out, and with Meijer matching it, $20 will go to the pantry.
They have also designated Saturday, Dec. 12 as double match day. For every $10 Simply Give card purchased on that date, Meijer will provide an additional contribution of $20, bringing the total to $30 for a single customer purchase going to the Pantry. Meijer will match up to $5,000 in contributions on double match day.
All donations will be converted into Meijer food-only gift cards which will be given to our pantry to help us stock our shelves with food that may not be available from the Akron-Canton Foodbank. Meijer’s Simply Give program is designed to help feed hungry families in the communities they serve.
Our pantry, located at 215 E. Market St., is open Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. and Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon.

09/25/2026

MOUNT CLASS HELPS OUT: As she does every semester, Mount Union professor Beth Simbro has students in her classes get acquainted with and help out at our Alliance Community Pantry. That happened again Friday morning as five students in her Women's Health class came down and learned about the Pantry from pantry manager Debbie Skubiak, and spent time helping out moving things but mostly cleaning.
All of the students were freshmen, so it was their first experience at the Pantry, and with Mount Union's traditional involvement during the school year they will certainly be back again.
Volunteering this morning were Adelynn Kopp, Kaylynn Carpenter, Ja' Niya Moten, Layna Sanor, and Callie Pierce-Henneman.

09/09/2026

KIA'S GENEROUS DONATION: It's companies such as Ken Ganley Kia Alliance that allows us to maintain our mission of, "Working within the community to end hunger!"
Another prime example was Tuesday afternoon when Kia general manager Josh Davis, along with three fellow employees, delivered a $3,450 check to pantry general manager Debbie Skubiak along with 432 pounds of a wide variety of food dontions.
The check was the result of Kia's donation of $50 for each of the 69 new cars they sold in August, and the food came from employees and some funds earmarked for food purchases.
Josh is seen here presenting the check to Debbie as Xander Dugan, Gavin Nagy and Jami Fisher, of Kia, look on.
The Kia team unloaded the food donations which were later weighed by Debbie.

09/07/2026

CLOSED MONDAY: Our Alliance Community Pantry will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. 

08/31/2026

SHREDDING EVENT FIGHTS HUNGER: It was a busy day at the Stark County Federal Credit Union on Saturday morning as the Stark County Hunger Task Force once again held it's annual shredding day which collected food and donations for our Alliance Community Pantry.
It was busy nonstop for nearly three hours as people dropped off their old paperwork to be shredded, and freely made food and financial donations that will support our Pantry. In the three-plus hours it was held, $683 and more than 65 pounds of food were collected
Theresa Donato from the Task Force board of directors, coordinated the event, and loyal, friendly employees of the Federal Credit Union helped out all morning gathering documents to be shredded from people driving through. Go Shred, a secure document shredding company of New Philadelphia, did the shredding.
Alliance Pantry members Jim Perone and Mike Patterson were there to accept the donated food.
Events such as this certainly helps support the Task Force's mission of fighting hunger in Stark County by providing financial, logistic, strategic, and food support to their network of local pantries.

08/29/2026

CONNECTING WITH MOUNT: Our Pantry manager Debbie Skubiak, and our board secretary Chris Schade hung out on the Mount Union campus for a couple hours Friday afternoon meeting Mount Union students and introducing them to our Pantry.
The event organized by Abby Schroeder, director of the Regula Center, was to introduce students to the many opportunities available to them through community engagement, service, volunteering, internships, and civic involvement throughout the academic year.
It was also a great opportunity for us to raise awareness about our Pantry and to recruit volunteers, promote ways to service, and to just start connecting with the students.
Debbie and Chris weren't terribly busy but they did have a few students stop to show interest in volunteering. We have always appreciated and valued our close relationship with Mount Union.

08/27/2026

POP-UP PANTRY WAS A HIT: It was another super busy day at Glamorgan Castle on Wednesday as Akron-Canton Food Bank made its final Pop-Up Pantry stop for the summer. More than 150 Alliance area residence lined up to get food today which means well more than 500 people picked up food in the three months the pop-up pantry was held.
Todd Schlereth coordinated the event for the food bank, and Kristy Woodford once again organized the loyal volunteers from Alliance schools, and even had her husband Matt, daughter Kelly, and granddaughter Shia helping out today.
Alliance school personnel covered the Pop-Up Pantry the first two months, but since school is now in session, volunteers from Alliance Community Pantry were needed. Eager to help out were Debbie Skubiak, pantry manager, and Rich Burden, Sebastian Schubert, Missy Miller, Jan Horning and Kim Cully.
It was just one more way we could serve the community, and we give great thanks to school personnel who made it work this summer.

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

SHREDDING DAY SATURDAY: Once again the Stark County Hunger Task Force has scheduled their annual shredding day to help residents get rid of unwanted paperwork, while at the same time supporting our Alliance Community Pantry.
The Stark County Federal Credit Union will host the event Saturday, Aug. 29, from 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Residence may dispose of paperwork free of charge but are encouraged to make a donation of food or cash to support the Alliance Community Pantry. The credit union is located at 1281 S. Sawburg Ave.
Task force people will be on hand to help gather up items to be shredded as well as volunteers from the Alliance Pantry. Last year the event brought in donations of more than 50 pounds of food and nearly $900.
The event is organized by the Task Force executive director Stephanie Sweany. Events such as this certainly supports the Task Force's mission of fighting hunger in Stark County by providing financial, logistic, strategic, and food support to their network of local food pantries.

08/22/2026

POP-UP PANTRY'S LAST STOP: The Pop-Up Pantry from the Akron-Canton Food Bank will make its file stop in Alliance this summer when it arrives Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.. The first two stops in June and July we're a big hit with more than 170 people stopping by each time to get food.
August will be a little different with school in session. The Pop-Up Pantry will still be parked at Glamorgan Castle but school administrators, teachers and students won't be the only ones handing out food because school is back in session. A few Alliance Pantry volunteers will certainly be helping out.
The goal of the the summer program was intended to help families with school-age children who would be missing their school lunches during the summer month.
As usual, everyone and anyone is invited to line up to get food assistance, not just those with kids in school.