A Hand Up Food Pantry at West Middle School

06/07/2023

The pantry is now closed for the summer.
For assistance with food, personal care items, or clothing, please contact FISH of Grand Blanc. Their pantry is located in a white building at 5131 S. Saginaw, Grand Blanc. Open Mon & Wed 9-3: Friday & Saturdays 9-12. Call 810.515.1978 for an appointment. Remember Meet Up & Eat Up is also available at two locations this summer - Physician's Park and Anderson Elementary every weekday for kids to get a nutritious lunch.

11/09/2022

Apologies! The form for A Hand Up requests was off until today. Please go ahead and fill out requests for tomorrow's pickup today by 2PM due to the error this week. The form is open. Thank you.

This form is now open to request for November 10 pickup! Hand Up at Grand Blanc West Middle School is located on Reid Rd. in GB and is open to all families of GB students district-wide. There are no ID requirements, but we do need a few questions answered below. Please be honest to the best of your....

10/25/2022

It's Tuesday! Get your request in by 2pm today https://sites.google.com/grandblancschools.org/ahandup/sign-up
to pick up Thursday, October 27th!

Form is open now for October 27th pickup. PICKUP is between 7:30am and 4:30pm each Thursday. >> We recommend avoiding picking up from 7:50 - 8:10 am and 2:50 -3:10 pm due to traffic at drop off and dismissal.

10/20/2022

Today is pickup day! If you ordered by Tuesday this week, please pick up at WMS today before 4pm. If you cannot make it, please let us know and/or contact your building's student liaison to see if something else can be arranged. If you aren't sure who that is, find them here!

Contacts at Grand Blanc Community School Buildings for Student & Family Services:

10/18/2022

Remember to have your request in by Tuesday at 2 pm if you would like to pick up Thursday! If the form allows you to fill it out, please plan to pick up! If we get to capacity, we turn the form off and you won’t be able to fill it out at all - so if you can fill info in and submit, we are planning on you picking up! :) Have a great Tuesday!

10/05/2022

Update: Due to an overwhelming response, we will have to limit the number of requests the first week as we received more requests right off the bat than expected. Please check back next week and we will try to adjust ordering accordingly in the future. Thank you for your understanding.

The pantry will be serving families again next week! Please use the form at ahandup.rocks to sign up. Pick-up will continue to be in the entryway of WMS on Thursdays between 7:30 am and 4:30 pm. You must fill out the form by 2 pm on Tuesdays to pick up Thursdays each week. The pantry is open to all GBCS families - No ID or income requirements!

06/09/2022

Meet Up and Eat Up is back for the summer! Free lunch is available for children Monday through Friday at two locations in Grand Blanc! No ID, registration, or income requirements - begins June 20th.

Now that school is going to be out, please dial 211 to utilize other services available in the area, or contact the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.

05/23/2022

The LAST pantry pickup of the school year will be Thursday, June 2 - only two more weeks remain. Go to the "Sign Up" tab on the site ahandup.rocks to pick up free pantry staples in the WMS entryway this week and/or next week! No ID or income requirements for GBCS households.

01/03/2022

Happy New Year!

If you would like to pick up food this week from the school pantry, sign up at https://buff.ly/308raZf by Tuesday at 2pm! Pickup will be from 7:30am to 4:30pm on Thursday in the entry of West Middle School.

Remember, we are open to all GBCS families!

PICKUP is between 7:30am and 4:30pm each Thursday. The pantry will be CLOSED over the holiday break, December 18-January 3.

12/13/2021

We have expanded the pickup time window to 7:30am - 4:30pm on Thursdays. Please make sure you pick up your order from the WMS entryway! We hope everyone has a very nice holiday break! This will be the last pantry pickup before we are closed for the holidays - December 18th-January 3rd.

If you would like to pick up food this week, sign up at https://buff.ly/308raZf by Tuesday at 2pm.

11/22/2021

Due to the holiday on Thursday, pickup will be from 12-4pm on Tuesday and Wednesday from 8-11am! Thank you for your understanding! Please go to ahandup.rocks if you are a GBCS family in need of some food staples this week to sign up!

10/25/2021

HUGE NEWS! The pantry is OPEN this week! We are serving all GBCS families beginning now! *We will only have shelf-stable items at this time.

Please fill out the form at ahandup.rocks (https://sites.google.com/grandblancschools.org/ahandup/sign-up) by 2pm on Tuesday to pick up your items from the WMS entryway on Thursday between 9am-4pm!

We are now pick-up only! It's good to be back!

Still located at Grand Blanc West Middle School!