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  • Nonprofit
  • Public Sector
  • Health

Food bank and pantry locator

A directory of 33 sample food sites across Cleveland and its suburbs. Each one lists its hours, the days it is open, the languages spoken, whether ID is needed and whether it delivers to people who cannot leave home. A caseworker or a neighbor can filter down to one open Saturday, in Somali, with no ID, then tap one button to call before going. These are sample sites with invented names, not real places.

A sample map: its businesses and people are invented.

The use case

Who needs a map like this

Who it’s for

Food banks, county human-services departments, hospital community-benefit teams and funders of food access

What it’s worth

Grant reports and referrals both depend on one answer: where can someone get food today, in their language, without ID. A map that filters by open day, language, ID and delivery replaces a PDF that is wrong by next month, and it is what referral staff open on a phone.

What to notice in this map

  • Filter by open day, language, ID and delivery
  • Hours show right on each row of the list
  • A "Call before you go" button on every site
  • Four kinds of help in four colors, with stickers
  • A sage base map that opens framed on Cuyahoga County
Build one

Make one like it in an afternoon

You don't need a developer. These are the four steps, in Create Mappins.

  1. Step 1

    Create a directory map and add your sites, by address or by importing a spreadsheet.

  2. Step 2

    Add fields for open days, hours, languages, ID and delivery, and turn on the filter for each.

  3. Step 3

    Add a phone field and give it the button "Call before you go".

  4. Step 4

    Publish the map and share the link, or embed it on your referral page.

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Build the map your business needs

Start free: up to 3 maps. Import your own data, add photos and details, and share one link.

Food bank and pantry locator - Map Example | Create Mappins