Also, if you are on Facebook, join your local Buy Nothing group and post asking for necessities. People will contribute, if my local group is representative of the movement (I do not know since I have not been in other groups). Some people will even be willing to drop off, but in other cases you will need to pick up. These groups are micro-local, so not the entire zip code but just a few adjacent neighborhoods. Thus there is not a lot of driving involved. This maybe a way to get fresh produce, home cooked food... what you won't get from a food pantry.