Democratic Party of
Sawyer County &
Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation

URGENT NEED: Give to Your Local Food Shelf

Updated Nov. 26, 2025: Happy Thanksgiving to you and your friends and family. Help ensure that people in need have enough food on Thanksgiving Day—and other days. Please give to your local food shelf.

Updated Nov. 6, 2025: Note the addition of information about donating to LCO food distribution programs, as well as the removal of Ruby’s Pantry from an earlier version of this list. All food to Ruby’s Pantry is donated by corporate food donors.

Although Congress has restored SNAP funding, that process may take awhile. Meanwhile, there’s still an urgent need to support food shelves—especially since food prices keep going up. Here’s a list of food pantries in Sawyer County communities and nearby Rusk County communities. Thank you!

Sawyer County

Hayward area

—Hayward Community Food Shelf
Accepts food and cash donations
16216 W U.S. Highway 63
Hayward, WI 54843
(715) 634-4237
https://haywardfoodshelf.net/donations

—LCO Elder Center (Aging and Disability Services)
Accepts food and cash donations for meal preparation
13856 W Corbine Drive
Stone Lake, WI 54876
(715) 865-3375
https://lco-nasn.gov/aging-disability-services-2

—LCO Food Distribution Program
Now accepting food and cash donations for distribution of food to tribal members
experiencing delays in SNAP benefits. See poster for details.
9026 N Round Lake School Road
Hayward, WI 54843
(715) 634-3677
https://lco-nsn.gov/lco-food-distribution/

—Northwoods Community Food Pantry (at Spider Lake Church Campus)
Accepts food and cash donations
11255 N State Highway 77
Hayward, WI 54843
(715) 699-4449
https://spiderlakechurch.org/campuses-and-services/food-shelf-youth-center/

Winter area

—WALDO Community Center
Accepts food and cash donations
6635 W State Highway 70
Winter, WI 54896
(715) 651-6012
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/885703903458552/

Rusk County

Bruce Area

—Bruce Pop-Up Food Pantry
Accepts food and cash donations
718 N Main Street (Use rear entrance in alley)
Bruce, WI 54819
(715) 415-1863
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BruceFoodPantry

Ladysmith Area

—Rusk County Food Pantry
Accepts food and cash donations
103 W Third Street, East End
Ladysmith, WI 54848
(715) 415-2564

—Hope Lutheran Church Food Pantry
Accepts food and cash donations
320 S First Street
Ladysmith, WI 54848
(715) 532-7739
https://www.hlcladysmith.org/hope-in-the-community

—Ladysmith Pop-Up Food Pantry
Accepts food and cash donations
320 E Worden Ave.
Ladysmith, WI 54848
Donate through Feed My People: https://www.fmpfoodbank.org

More Area Feed My People Pop-Up Food Pantries