Expect there to be a line and that you may have to wait before being served. Try calling the food pantry ahead of time to ask when the best time is to come for low wait times. Find a food pantry near you, by visiting Find Food Now.

Bring Proof of Identity (please see which IDs are acceptable in question below). You will also need share how many people are living in your household and some pantries may require their names and ages to keep track of who lives in what household. If receiving government commodities, you will be asked for your first and last name, date of birth, gender identity, ethnicity, and proof of AZ residence. This information is never shared with outside groups.

Your information will be written down or put into a computer-based system called Link2Feed. This is a statewide database that food pantries use to track the number of households served and the type of product distributed.