West Valley Food Pantry - Woodland Hills, CA serving the West San Fernando Valley

Marley Reisner, a Girl Scout from Troop 1786, assembled a cookbook for Pantry clients. See the news page for details.

An Eagle Scout project brought more than 3200 pounds of pet food to the pantry.

Friday, April 2, State AssemblymemberJesse Gabriel and his staff of five worked all day at the Pantry.

Our thanks to Assemblymember Gabriel and all the volunteers who keep the Pantry operating.

Thank you to Ted Hitchcock, Vice President of Northridge Toyota for the extremely generous donation to the West Valley Food Pantry! Such support allows the Pantry to continue serving our community.

Clients check in before receiving food.

Mother-daughter teams working as volunteers.

Pet food is available for those who request some.

Kitchen volunteers bagging food for the clients.

Receiving manager, Les, coming back from Trader Joe's with a fully loaded pickup.

The Pantry partners with Rescue Mission Alliance to host a shower truck every Monday.

With some out-of-the-box thinking, the Pantry and the LA Food Bank reimagined the the Senior Day program. For the first time since March, some of our prior clients returned and got the food loaded into the trunks of their cars! The program will continue in this new form on the first Wednesday of every month.

Covid-19 Updates

Our mission at the West Valley Food Pantry is to ensure that No one goes away hungry. That mission has never been more urgent than right now.

We are committed to staying open and serving our community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our entire operations and volunteer system has been redesigned to practice social distancing and keep our clients, volunteers, and staff safe.

We are now serving three to four times the number of families than before Safer at Home. We urgently need the support of our community to stop hunger from the Covid-19 crisis. Find out how you can access our services or support the pantry to keep our doors open.

Los Angeles Regional Food Bank Recipe Demos for July

The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is sharing recipe demos on YouTube this July. The demos are in both English and Spanish. Click the following links to see the demos.

Sweet and Savory Burger Hamburguesa Dulce y Salada

Two Bean and Corn Salad Ensalada de Dos Frijoles y Maíz

Pantry Featured on NBC Show

This last July, NBC’s “1st Look” show was here filming the Pantry at work! The show featured Essential Workers and aired December 12 in the late evening. The show is posted on YouTube for those who do not watch TV late on Saturday nights. The segment featuring the Food Pantry is about 15.5 minutes into the program.

Get Food

Pantry Drive Through — We have primarily switched to a drive-through car service to serve you safely. Clients without a vehicle can use our walk-up window.

Clients need to bring a picture ID (of any kind). If your address is not listed on your ID please bring a utility bill to confirm your address.

Clients are invited to come once per week.

Get directions to the West Valley Food Pantry.

Donate

Food Parcels ready for clients — We need to raise $20,000 each week to purchase enough food to meet demand.

If you are able to give at this time, the best way you can support the pantry in this critical time is to make a financial contribution of any amount. Your gift ensures we have the food and supplies we need to make sure no one goes hungry. Make a donation now.

We also accept donations of food. Click here to see a list of our current needs.

Volunteer

We are in urgent need of additional volunteers to serve the new influx of clients. Volunteers help bag food, set up our drive-through, unload deliveries, and distribute food to client's cars. All our volunteers and clients follow social distancing guidelines to keep everyone safe.

Learn more and sign up to volunteer at the pantry.

Hours of Operations

For Clients:

Monday - Thursday
9:30am - 2pm
Friday
9:30am - Noon

Email at:

PantryAdmin@westvalleyfoodpantry.org

CA NonProfit of 2020 — The West Valley Food Pantry was selected as a Nonprofit of the Year 2020! Our State Assemblyman, Jesse Gabriel, nominated the Pantry. The California Association of Nonprofits celebrated the Pantry's work along with other nonprofit honorees from across the state. The Nonprofit of the Year celebration has several goals: to highlight the great work of nonprofits around the state; to bring nonprofits into closer relationships with their legislators; and to elevate the nonprofit sector's profile in Sacramento. Congratulations to the Pantry and all the Pantry Volunteers!