Emergency Food Assistance, for everyone in your household.
Emergency Food Assistance, for everyone in your household.
Emergency Food Assistance, for everyone in your household.
The Pantry provides emergency food assistance.
We provide healthy, nutritionally balanced emergency food to families, individuals, and elderly who need assistance. To qualify you must provide:
- For head of household, a photo ID (a driver’s license or Illinois State ID Card).
- For all other household members, name(s) and date(s) of birth.
- Proof of address. If your address is not current on your ID, use a current utility bill with your name on it, or your lease with your name and address.

We provide a four-day food supply for each person in the household, consisting of:
- Meat
- Available produce
- Available dairy items
- Milk for eligible households (children under 18, adults over 65)
- Bread, rolls, buns or other bread product
- A desert or snack item
- Canned and packaged dry goods, including:
- Cereal
- Grains (rice or other whole grains)
- Dried beans
- Canned vegetables
- Canned or dried fruit
- Canned soup
- Available miscellaneous items
The Pantry distributes food at its main location on South Rockton Avenue and choice selections and prepackaged at our Broadway location. You may use either of our locations once a month. Note: The Pantry locations are closed all major holidays.

Fresh food and more
RRVP Seasonal Garden
Our seasonal garden, which is located at 421 South Rockton Avenue offers fresh produce in season. Master Gardeners are on hand from 1:00pm-3:30pm to assist clients in the harvesting process. Many local gardeners bring their excess harvest to the Pantry. Some plant a row just for us.
Broadway Seasonal Garden
The University of Illinois Extension and volunteers are raising seasonal produce at a nearby location. The surplus garden veggies are available inside the 1100 Broadway location during distribution hours, Monday through Friday, 10:00am to noon.
Thanksgiving Food Box
The Rock River Valley Pantry provides a Thanksgiving holiday food box to families. Families of two or more living at the same address are eligible for this program.
You must register to receive this box. Registration is typically held the third week of October, with box distribution the Saturday before Thanksgiving. To register you must provide a photo ID and proof of family members living at the same address. Acceptable forms of proof of family include, for adults, a photo ID (a driver’s license or Illinois State ID card), and for children, a medical card or birth certificate or current school year record.
For more information, please call 815-965-2466 in early October.
Emergency Pet Food Assistance
Kibble Korner Pet Food Pantry shares space in the RRVP though it is not operated by RRVP.
To apply for emergency food for your pet, you must complete an application and show a current rabies vaccination/registration form with a valid tag number. You are allowed pet food once a month, six times per year. Food will be provided for up to two dogs and/or cats per household. Once registered, no additional pets can be added.
Kibble Korner Pet Food (inside Rock River Valley Pantry)
421 South Rockton Avenue
Rockford IL 61102
Pet Food Distribution: Monday 9:00am – 11:00am
For more information visit the Kibble Korner website at kibblekorner.com
Additional Resources Available
Several community agencies provide resources in the RRVP lobby during food distribution. Typically, the resources may include:
- SNAP preregistration
- U of I Extension programs
- Medicare information
- Prairie State Legal Services