KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — Feeding American West Michigan held a ribbon cutting at the site of its new pantry in Kentwood Tuesday. 

Second Harvest Pantry, on 52nd Street, opened in late January. The location is the food bank’s first fixed-site pantry and has sold more than 2,000 households in the seven weeks since it opened.  

Ken Estelle, the President and CEO of Feeding America West Michigan, commended the city of Kentwood for their assistance in the development of the pantry. 

“We have at Feeding America and that mission is to provide nourishment and hunger relief to our neighbors by amplifying the strength of our communities like we have here in Kentwood,” he said.  

The pantry is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Additional times include 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of every month, with regularly rotating inventory that will include “a variety of fresh, frozen, canned and boxed food options,” according to Feeding America. 

“Ultimately, we hope that we can meet the need, and we expect that need will be growing into 2026 because of some changes in federal policy,” Estelle said in a statement. “We know that more people will come for help, and it is our mission to help people who need food support. We also want to make sure that they feel welcome, that there is a choice, and that they’re treated with dignity.”