ONTONAGON — Feeding America West Michigan is coming back to Ontonagon throughout 2025 providing a variety of foods, including fresh produce and dairy, with every mobile food pantry stop. Copper Shores Community Health Foundation is partnering with Ontonagon Area School District and the Ontonagon Village Fire Department to fund the mobile food pantries.

Attendees will only need to provide basic contact information and affirm a need for food; identification or proof of income are not not required. Boxes of food will be provided in a drive-through format, serving approximately 300 families.

The first mobile food pantry for Ontonagon was postponed due to dangerous weather conditions that resulted in a Mackinac Bridge closure late the day before the food pantry’s scheduled arrival. This delivery has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 30. In addition to the June 4, Aug. 6, and Oct. 1 drop offs, an additional delivery has been scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 3.

Ontonagon 2025 Mobile Food Pantry Delivery Schedule:

• Wednesday, April 30

• Wednesday, June 4

• Wednesday, Aug. 6

• Wednesday, Oct. 1

• Wednesday, Dec. 3

The mobile food pantries will be held at the Ontonagon Village Fire Hall at 315 River St, Ontonagon. Distribution begins at 11 a.m. and runs as long as supplies last.

Feeding America West Michigan is a food bank that serves 40 of Michigan’s 83 counties. Its service area spans from the Indiana border north through the western half of the state and extends throughout the entire Upper Peninsula. This is the sixth year Copper Shores has funded mobile food pantries from Feeding America West Michigan, bringing nutritional goods all the way from downstate. Find more food resources from Feeding America West Michigan and see a full schedule of regional mobile food pantries on their mobile food pantry schedule page, which is updated regularly at feedwm.org.

Copper Shores is dedicated to improving food access in the Copper Country and providing educational resources on nutrition to community members. Learn more about Copper Shores’ efforts to support nutritional needs in the Copper Country at coppershores.org/food.