Currently, the pantry is operating as a pickup site.
The Alliance Community Pantry has its own 4000 sq. ft. building which serves the following functions: 
Screening clients: Clients show their ID’s at the door. Screeners enter the information into a Food Bank software program called “Fresh Trak”. After receiving a “ticket”, clients drive their cars to our front sidewalk. Some use personal carts or other vehicles to transport their food home.
Food distribution area: This the area where the available food items are packed into shopping carts for clients and distributed from the main door. Clients present their “ticket” and receive food items to place into their own vehicles.
Warehouse: Our warehouse area is a busy, crowded area. Food is sorted, repackaged as needed, and then sent to the serving area.
Refrigeration room: We have a large refrigeration room that is needed to safely store the many food items which require temperature control.
Our Pantry Truck: The Akron Canton Regional Food Bank supplies the majority of the food we distribute. The pantry has its own truck which is driven twice a week to the newly opened Food Warehouse in Canton. Each trip the volunteers return with around 10,000 to 13,000 pounds. Our truck is shown in this picture waiting to be loaded at the Food Bank
Unloading the truck: A crew is required twice a week to unload the truck with our forklift and move it into the warehouse.
SUMMARY: Our large facility is key to being able to serve our clients. With over 8,800 visits in 2022, our facility gets lots of wear and tear. We’re fortunate to have many groups who visit the pantry throughout the year to clean and improve our facility.