Food Pantry

If you or your organization would like to host a donation drive for the SCAC, please email our Inventory Control Manager, Heather Gosselin, at heathergosselin@yahoo.com for a list of items that would be most beneficial for you to collect.

What we need:

Springboro Community Assistance Center is grateful for all donations. Here is what we need the most right now.  Items marked with ** are especially needed.

Non-food

  • toilet paper (preferably in four packs)
  • paper towels**
  • napkins
  • Kleenex
  • trash bags**
  • aluminum foil
  • plastic wrap
  • waxed paper
  • parchment paper
  • Ziploc bags (gallon**, quart, and snack size)

Laundry

  • laundry detergent/pods**
  • bleach
  • dryer sheets

Cleaning Supplies

  • dish soap**
  • dishwasher detergent/pods**
  • disinfecting wipes**
  • multi-purpose spray cleaners
  • Pledge/furniture polish
  • glass cleaners
  • floor cleaner**

Personal Hygiene

  • shampoo with conditioner
  • body wash (men’s, women’s and children’s)
  • deodorant

Baby Items

  • Baby wipes
  • Diapers – size  7 only
  • Pull-ups – size 2T-3T 

Pets

  • dry dog food (smaller bags 5-15 lbs.)
  • dry cat food (smaller bags 3-10 lbs.)

Beverages

  • coffee**
  • tea
  • hot chocolate**
  • juice boxes**
  • juice

Baking

  • sugar**
  • brown sugar
  • powdered sugar
  • brown sugar
  • vegetable oil**
  • muffin mix 
  • pie filling**

Canned Foods

  • Sloppy Joe sauce**
  • canned meats (ham**, chicken, Vienna sausage**, salmon**)
  • Skyline chili**
  • Dinty Moore beef stew
  • Campbell’s Spaghetti Os
  • broth** (chicken, vegetable and beef)
  • canned fruit (mandarin oranges**, pineapple**, peaches, pears, mixed fruit, pumpkin**)
  • applesauce** (family-sized jars, individual pouches and cups)
  • canned peas w/carrots
  • canned yams and sweet potatoes**
  • canned tomatoes (whole, crushed, stewed, diced, sauce and paste**) 
  • kidney beans**, refried beans, garbanzo beans**, baked beans** and pork-n-beans**

Boxed Foods

  • taco shells**
  • boxed Minute Rice (white & brown**)
  • Hamburger Helper
  • Rice-a-Roni
  • boxed dry pasta (penne, rotini, elbow, shells and bow-tie) (NO SPAGHETTI NEEDED)

Miscellaneous Foods

  • pickles**
  • canned mushrooms**
  • olives**
  • egg noodles**
  • individual microwavable mac-n-cheese cups
  • individual microwavable ravioli cups

Breakfast Items

  • oats
  • instant oatmeal
  • Pop-Tarts**
  • cereal
  • syrup

Condiments

  • ketchup
  • mustard
  • mayonnaise**
  • barbecue sauce
  • salad dressing
  • salsa**
  • taco sauce**
  • hot sauce
  • pickle relish
  • strawberry and grape jelly
  • pasta sauce

Snack Foods**

  • family sized and individual sized snacks: chips, crackers, pretzels, popcorn, Goldfish, Cheez-its, nuts, trail mix, granola bars, fruit snacks

Sweet Treats**

  • family sized and individual sized sweet treats: cookies, Rice Krispie treats, Little Debbie treats, Hostess snack cakes, and pudding cups

We do NOT accept used clothing, household items, or food not in it’s original packaging.

Please check the expiration dates of your donations before dropping them off.

Drop off locations:

  1. Springboro Community Assistance Center
    Location: Next to Springboro Junior High School at Educare
    Drop-off Instructions: A large donation box is conveniently located outside the Educare front door for easy access.

What to expect on your first visit:

  1. We are located between Springboro High School and Springboro Junior High School behind the football field. We are located in the Educare Building on the third floor to the right when you get off the elevator. 
  2. If you arrive before or when we open, you will receive a randomized number. Otherwise, take a number from the post when you arrive.
  3. Take a seat in the designated waiting area.
  4. When it is your turn to shop, a volunteer will call your number.
  5. Come to the check in desk and provide your documentation.
  6. You will only receive food for the amount of people that you can provide documentation for within the home. 
  7. Examples of documentation would be: an electric bill, a water will or a phone bill. 
  8. Documentation not accepted: anything that is not a bill. 
  9. You will then shop with a volunteer who will assist you the rest of the time.