Tri‑Valley Haven Free Groceries Distribution

Free groceries are the point here, but the real question is simpler: where can someone actually go this weekend? For Tri-Valley Haven, the answer on Saturday, May 9, 2026 is a little less direct than the calendar summary makes it sound. AlamedaKids shows Tri-Valley Haven pantry listings in Livermore on Wednesday, May 13, and Thursday, May 14 — not on Saturday. Meanwhile, Tri-Valley Haven’s own pantry page says the service runs year-round, six days a week, from its Livermore site. ### So what is Tri-Valley Haven actually offering? Tri-Valley Haven runs a “client choice” food pantry — basically, free groceries, fresh produce, and household essentials for low-income residents in the Tri-Valley area. The pantry is part of a broader homelessness and family-support system, so food help is also an entry point to other services if a household is in deeper trouble. Tri-Valley Haven says the pantry serves well over 4,000 individuals each month. (alamedakids.org) ### What does the AlamedaKids calendar show? The AlamedaKids calendar is useful, but it looks more like a curated event listing than a live operations board. In the May calendar view now online, Tri-Valley Haven pantry entries appear on Wednesday, May 6, Thursday, May 7, Wednesday, May 13, and Thursday, May 14 in Livermore. I could not find a Tri-Valley Haven listing there for Saturday, May 9, or for a Fremont pickup tied to Tri-Valley Haven this weekend. (trivalleyhaven.org) ### Does that mean the pantry is closed today? Not necessarily — and this is the catch. Tri-Valley Haven’s own food pantry page says the pantry is open year-round, six days a week. A separate local directory entry tied to the same Livermore pantry lists food distribution hours as Monday through Thursday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. That suggests the calendar may be highlighting certain recurring postings rather than every open hour. (alamedakids.org) ### Where is the pantry? The Livermore pantry location repeatedly attached to Tri-Valley Haven is 150 N L Street, Livermore, CA 94550. That matters because the original framing mentions Fremont and the Tri-Valley area together, but the current Tri-Valley Haven pantry information I found points to Livermore as the core distribution site. I did not find a current Tri-Valley Haven-run Fremont pickup on the AlamedaKids calendar for this weekend. (trivalleyhaven.org) ### What if someone in Fremont needs food this weekend? Fremont does have food-assistance options, but they appear to be different organizations. The City of Fremont’s food-assistance page points people to Tri-City Volunteers and other pantry resources, with weekday schedules and some twice-monthly senior distributions. That is useful backup information, but it is not the same thing as a Tri-Valley Haven event. (resource.stopwaste.org) ### Why is the calendar mismatch important? Because a family trying to pick up groceries cannot afford a bad lead. “Check the calendar” sounds easy, but turns out the safest read is this: use AlamedaKids to spot recurring community listings, then confirm directly with Tri-Valley Haven if you need same-day certainty. The pantry phone number attached to multiple listings is 925-449-1664. (fremont.gov) ### What’s the practical takeaway? If you are tracking Tri-Valley Haven specifically, the visible upcoming AlamedaKids listings are midweek in Livermore — Wednesday, May 13, and Thursday, May 14. If you need help on Saturday, May 9, the pantry may still be operating from Livermore based on Tri-Valley Haven’s own hours pages, but the calendar itself does not show a same-day event. ### Bottom line Tri-Valley Haven is a real, large-scale grocery resource in the Tri-Valley. (alamedakids.org) But for this weekend, the cleanest answer is not “go to the Fremont listing” — it is “check Livermore first, and verify before you travel.” (trivalleyhaven.org) (alamedakids.org)