Sunday, November 26, 2017

Turkey Giveaway 2017

Many thanks to our food pantry volunteers for their help with distribution of turkeys and fixings this Thanksgiving.




Saturday, October 28, 2017

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a little over a month away. We ask for your support again to make this Thanksgiving a fruitful one for those in need. If you can help by donating money we would greatly appreciate any  you have to offer. Please mark checks for the Pantry Thanksgiving effort “Food Pantry Thanksgiving". We are also accepting stuffing and cranberry sauce - these can be left inside the church entrance at Mass. Thank you.

Extra Big Thank You from the Pantry

There was a great turn out for the Spaghetti Dinner last Saturday. Good food, good people, good times. Thanks to all who participated and many thanks to Stacey our food pantry director and
volunteers for their hard work. $2,155.00 was raised for the pantry!


Sunday, August 20, 2017

Summer Volunteers


Pantry director Stacie and some of the youth that gave of their time & talent to help during the summer months at the St. Anthony’s Food pantry. May God Bless them and their families.

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Backpack Drive

We are asking for donations to support our upcoming backpack drive. Donations of backpacks, pencils, crayons, pens, paper, hand sanitizer etc. are welcome. These items may be left in the donation areas around the church. If you would like to make a financial donation, you may mark the envelope “Backpack Drive” and put it in the collection basket or mail it to:
St. Anthony's Food Pantry
1359 Acushnet Ave
New Bedford MA 02746. 
All money raised will be used to fund this VERY important program which benefits children in our community. We thank you in advance for your support!

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser

Saint Anthony's Food Pantry will be sponsoring a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser on October 21st. You won't want to miss this. Enjoy dinner with family and friends, Raffle tickets,
Chinese Auction and more..

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Spring is Here ...


Spring is here at last and our volunteers seem to be more than happy about the change in the weather for the better. The pantry depends on them and certainly appreciates the smiles and hard work!
























Friday, March 10, 2017

Hunger in Eastern Massachusetts


From a quick look at the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) web site you can learn that in Eastern Massachusetts:

  • One in ten members of our community is at risk of hunger. 
  • Hunger is not a problem facing just those in poverty - it is also a challenge faced by working- and middle-class neighbors. 
  • 1 in 3 at risk are children. 
  • 1 in 5 at risk are seniors. 
  • 72% of the households served need to use a food pantry on a regular basis to have enough to eat.

Yes, these essential statistics of hunger are important to know and to understand. But each week while we are working to address the situation spelled out by these GBFB numbers we are reminded hunger is about more than statistics - hunger is about real people.


















Friday, February 24, 2017

A Typical February?


Typical? Yes it was cold. Yes there were blizzard conditions and we had to cancel food distribution one week. Of course 63° yesterday was not so typical. But the assistance we received from friends and family during school vacation week was exactly the "typical" dedicated effort that allows the pantry to continue its support to our neighbors in need. So yes, all things considered, a typical February for which we are very thankful.