Riverbend Community Pantry · Twin Falls, Idaho Reserve a pickup

Twin Falls, Idaho · Client-choice pantry

The window is open.
Here’s what’s inside.

The window boardPosted this morning

On the shelves today

Rice 42 bags
Peanut butter 26 jars
Canned beans 58 cans
Fresh produce arrived today
Oatmeal 19 boxes
Diapers & wipes 12 packs

Volunteers count the shelves each morning and write the board before the doors open. If you need something you don’t see, ask at the door.

See what’s here before you make the trip. The shelves are posted in the window like a ledger, and every pickup window below is yours to claim.

Reserve a pickup window How client-choice works

Next open windows

Open pickup windows and remaining spots
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Tue · 9:00–10:00 AM 4 spots Hold Tuesday 9:00 to 10:00 AM
Tue · 4:00–5:00 PM 2 spots Hold Tuesday 4:00 to 5:00 PM
Wed · 10:00–11:00 AM 6 spots Hold Wednesday 10:00 to 11:00 AM
Thu · 1:00–2:00 PM 2 spots Hold Thursday 1:00 to 2:00 PM
Sat · 9:00–10:00 AM 5 spots Hold Saturday 9:00 to 10:00 AM

Windows open a week ahead and close as they fill. No appointment is needed for a walk-up visit.

How it works

Choose your own groceries, at your own pace.

Client-choice means the shelves work like a small grocery store. You pick what your household will actually eat — no pre-packed bag you didn’t ask for, and no explaining yourself at the door.

  1. 01

    Check the window

    Stock is posted before you come, so you know what’s on the shelves today and what’s running low.

  2. 02

    Reserve a window

    Pick a pickup time that fits your week. It gets written on the window list and held for you.

  3. 03

    Shop the shelves

    Walk the aisles on your own or with a volunteer guide, and take what your household will use.

A neighbor choosing canned goods from pantry shelves
Choosing at the shelf

Emergency food boxes

When the week turns, a box is already packed.

For the days that don’t go to plan, we keep boxes of shelf-stable staples stacked and ready by the window. Ask for one at the door — no appointment, no paperwork to fill out first.

  • Pantry staples — rice, pasta, oats, beans
  • Canned and jarred goods with pull-tab lids
  • No-cook options for kids and long shifts
  • Fresh produce and bread while they last
Reserve an emergency box
Volunteers packing emergency food boxes at a long table
Packing boxes at the long table

Beyond the pantry door

Food that travels, and a closet that keeps up.

Not every household can reach the window during open hours. Two programs carry the same stock out to schools and neighborhoods across Twin Falls.

A plain backpack packed with easy-to-open food
Weekend bags, packed for Friday

Weekend backpack program

Discreet bags of easy, no-cook food for students to carry home on Friday and open over the weekend. School staff and pantry volunteers pack them together, and the bag stays plain so nothing marks a student out.

A pantry van with its doors open at a neighborhood stop
A route stop, crates open

Mobile pantry routes

The pantry van loads up and comes to neighborhoods that can’t easily reach the window. Crates open at the curb with the same stock you’d find on the shelves inside.

  • Boxes and fresh produce
  • Diapers and hygiene supplies
  • Help reserving a future window

Diaper & hygiene closet

The shelf nobody photographs.

Diapers, wipes, soap, toothpaste, shampoo and period supplies — the things a food box can’t cover. Pick them up alongside your groceries, or ask a volunteer to add them to a route bag.

  • Diapers, all sizes
  • Baby wipes
  • Bar soap & body wash
  • Toothbrushes & toothpaste
  • Shampoo
  • Period supplies

Volunteer sorting shifts

Every shelf you see was sorted by somebody’s neighbor.

Shifts run at the pantry and at the long packing tables — sorting donations, dating cans, building route crates. Come for one morning, come every week; the shelves keep their promises either way.

Sign up for a shift
Volunteers sorting donations into crates at long tables
Sorting morning at the back tables

Reserve

Save your time. Take a window.

Tell us when you’d like to come and we’ll have your window — and your boxes — ready. Client-choice shelves, emergency boxes and the closet all sit behind the same door.

See the window board Read how it works

Hold a pickup window

Pick a time and we’ll write your name on the window list.

We’ll confirm before your window. If plans change, just let us know and we’ll pass the spot on.