SAGINAW, Mich. — The Diocesan Migrant Pantry has established a new Tri-Cities donation location inside the Diocese of Saginaw’s Center for Ministry, with donations in Saginaw set to begin the week of April 27.
The new site is at the Diocese of Saginaw’s Center for Ministry, 5802 Weiss St., Door No. 18, in Saginaw. Organizers are asking residents to call before making plans to drop off food, clothing or other donations.
The new Saginaw site expands donation access in the Tri-Cities area as the diocese continues its migrant ministry work serving farmworkers and their families. Diocese materials call for donations of pantry staples, clothing suitable for field work, diapers, toiletries and cleaning supplies, with white flour, shortening and baking powder listed among the high-demand items.
The Diocese of Saginaw’s Office of Multicultural Ministry has long organized support for migrant farmworkers across the region. On its ministry page, the diocese highlights its migrant pantry work and volunteer outreach, and its recent farmworker donation campaign urged residents to support pantry efforts for workers already in Michigan and those arriving for the agricultural season.
The new location does not change the work of Our Lady Consolata Parish in Gagetown, which will continue operating its migrant pantry on the Thumb side of the diocese. Diocese information has also identified Bay City and Gagetown as longstanding pantry support points for migrant ministry.
The Saginaw Migrant Pantry phone number is 989-294-2801. Residents interested in volunteering with Migrant Ministry can contact Maria Coss in the Mission Office at 989-797-6646 or Deacon Librado Gayton at 989-797-6604.
With the Saginaw donation site now based at the Center for Ministry, organizers are asking donors to coordinate drop-off plans in advance as collections begin.
