Client Choice Program
Stone Soup Food Bank is unique in offering a client choice food pantry to the residents of Lapeer County.
Because we know that every individual and family has different needs and food tastes, we allow our clients to choose the foods and products that best meet their family's needs.
Stone Soup Food Bank is about empowering our clients. We offer our services to anyone going through difficult times by providing a wide variety of fresh produce and non-perishable food items. Just like any food pantry the food offered is intended to supplement the household. Clients may come once every 30 calendar days to shop. When a client comes to Stone Soup we provide them with a shopping cart and a dedicated support staff to guide them through their shopping experience. Clients are able to select foods in an amount based on their family size.
Because we know that every individual and family has different needs and food tastes, we allow our clients to choose the foods and products that best meet their family's needs.
Stone Soup Food Bank is about empowering our clients. We offer our services to anyone going through difficult times by providing a wide variety of fresh produce and non-perishable food items. Just like any food pantry the food offered is intended to supplement the household. Clients may come once every 30 calendar days to shop. When a client comes to Stone Soup we provide them with a shopping cart and a dedicated support staff to guide them through their shopping experience. Clients are able to select foods in an amount based on their family size.
Supporting the Community
Excess Food Donation
Stone Soup supports Lapeer and 11 other counties assisting their pantries and soup kitchens through our excess food donation program. This program allows churches and organizations that are involved in providing food to the community to receive as much of our excess food items such as bread and produce to supplement their programs. We are open on Mondays and Thursdays for this excess food donation program.
Farm to Fork
Stone Soup Food Bank has partnered with local farmers to raise livestock to be used at the pantry. This locally raised livestock is processed by local meat processors and packaged for distribution to our clients.
Project Raising Hope
This is an exciting endeavor! Project Raising Hope is a collaboration with the Agriscience program (FFA) at the Ed -Tech Center and Stone Soup Food Bank. Through this program we are able to provide quality locally raised meat to be provided to our clients. In addition, this program will teaches awareness to students about the importance of community service, provides a work program and mentorship for developmentally disabled students.
The program will extend the livestock available on the grounds of the Ed-tech campus through the Agriscience department. Project Raising Hope will also include a mentorship program for developmentally disabled students that will have second year students teaching their mentees how to care for the livestock. When livestock is ready for the market it will then be processed by local meat markets that meet the USDA requirements. The meat will then go to Stone Soup Food Pantry Bank to provide the much needed protein to the clients of Stone Soup Food Bank.
Wheels of Sharing: Mobile Food Pantry
Stone Soup has a mobile food pantry available to agencies and churches to service the residents of Lapeer County and surrounding areas. If your agency or church is interested give us a call.
Seeds of Hope
SEEDS OF HOPE is a partnership with the Thumb Correctional Facility and Stone Soup Food Bank. The facility will be growing gardens for Stone Soup and this summer we will have garlic, onions, parsnips, radishes, lettuce and more. So far we have received over 1000 pounds of garden fresh vegetables.
Picture below is the new lift gate provided by a grant from the Sanilac County Community Foundation
Stone Soup Food Bank is a place in the community to meet in a collaborative effort to create hope.