Linked Hearts Emergency Food Pantry

03/11/2026

Update: DESK IS FREE!! Needs picking up ASAP. Pantry is open Monday 12-4 and Wednesday 10-2. Other pickup days might be possible. Send me a message. 😊

01/28/2026

Hope everyone is staying warm. That’s been quite a challenge if you have to be outside lately. Another challenge is keeping the pantry’s shelves stocked. Below in the photo are regularly needed items. Any other unexpired food is very welcome. Thanks as always for taking care of your neighbors by donating. We appreciate you.

01/07/2026

Thank you to Yeo & Yeo for their very generous cash donation to the pantry. Thank you, Laura Honnold!!

Big smiles in Dryden! Staff Accountant Laura Honnold stopped by Linked Hearts Emergency Food Pantry with a Yeo & Yeo Foundation check to help stock up their food and toiletry shelves. Proud to support her hometown! 💙🥫

12/18/2025

A big thank you to the Dryden Fire Department for their large donation of meat and meat products. The pantry is well restocked for the new year ahead which is a great relief. It's never enough to just say thank you to them and all the rest of you who remain faithful in your donations to the pantry. So much good comes from it. Small town heroes.

12/15/2025

The pantry will be closed starting Wednesday, when only holiday meal boxes will be handed out, until Monday January 5. Thank you for this entire year of your generosity and goodness. You are all so very appreciated. Merry Christmas!!

12/08/2025

11/10/2025

Thank you to Matt Blatt and his hunting friends for their generous donation of 90 pounds of venison!!

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11/08/2025

A huge thank you to the Dryden Boy Scout Troops 130 and 142. (Apologies to Troop 142 for the accidental failure to include them in the original post). The two troops just dropped 900 pounds of food off at the pantry. The food was gathered during their food drive which so many of you contributed to so that huge thank you must extend to all of you. So many families will benefit from this incredible donation. Thank you so much!!

10/31/2025

November may prove more challenging for some families than usual this year if SNAP benefits lapse which looks very likely. The pantry has seen an increase in families needing help just this week because of the ordinary high price of groceries. You have all been so faithful and generous and are much appreciated. We need your help again. Unexpired food items in general are needed, but in particular food items that will make a whole meal are very welcome. Thank you!

The pantry is open Monday, 12-4 and Wednesday 10-2. 5595 E. Main Street, Dryden, MI 810-796-3407

Beef stew, canned ravioli, Spaghettios, that sort of thing.
Butter, milk and eggs and cereal
Canned meats, chicken especially.
Bar soap supply is low. All hygiene products are welcome.

The usual months pantry list is:
For Thanksgiving--cranberry sauce, stuffing mix and turkey gravy.
Sugar
Flour
oil
spaghetti sauce
pudding and jello
paper towels
crackers
hot dogs
coffee
pork and beans
pancake mix
frosting
tuna
juice
kleenex
bologna
toothpaste

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10/07/2025

Happy Autumn! Items the pantry can use just now are listed in the photo along with contact information. Thank you to our kind neighbors who continue to help their neighbors. Your donations are greatly appreciated.

09/14/2025

It may seem too early but, thinking ahead to Christmas for families in need of help with the holidays Linked Hearts in partnership with Holiday Depot of Lapeer County will be accepting applications for the program. Dates to apply are Monday, October 1 through Wednesday, November 12. Monday hours are 12-4 and Wednesday 10-2. I-810-796-3407. Qualifying documentation will be required.

08/27/2025

Hi, folks. I just had a phone call from the food pantry and was told that 17 families had need of the pantry in the last week. Items that were purchased and scheduled to last much longer are depleted, or very low. If you can help, the needed items are listed below.

Cereal
sugar and flour
peanut butter
spaghetti noodles
oatmeal
pop-tarts
juice
crackers
toothpaste
baloney and any other types of meat

Thank you so much!!