Grab and Go Meals Available

Come one, come all! On Thursday the pantry of St. Anthony of Padua Church will be providing meals to those in need. Everyone is welcome 10am-12pm to grab a meal. Please use the Nye Street entrance and know that we will definitely be open to the public at that time. We hope to see you then!

¡Tomar Y Llevar Comida!

¡Venga uno, vengan todos! El jueves la despensa de la iglesia de San Antonio de Padua proporcionará comidas a los necesitados. Todos son bienvenidos 10am-12pm para tomar una comida. Por favor, utilice la entrada de Nye Street y sepa que definitivamente estaremos abiertos al público en ese momento. ¡Esperamos verte entonces 

Our Food Pantry is Temporarily Closed

The coronavirus (COVID-19) poses a significant health threat to our pantry community’s most vulnerable populations — low-income individuals and senior citizens.

Because of this the Saint Anthony Food Pantry is taking the significant step of temporarily halting our operations to help minimize risks to the health and safety of that community.

We remain fully committed to helping our New Bedford neighbors receive the nutritious food they need to thrive.

Our pantry leadership team is monitoring guidance and developments pertaining to COVID-19 with the goal of returning to food distribution when it is safe for our volunteers and pantry patrons to do so.

Thanks for Thanksgiving

Thank you everyone that helped this Thanksgiving. We gave out 310 full turkey baskets to our neighbors in need. We couldn’t have done it without you. Our Volunteers! Our Church! Our very generous Community! St John Newman’s Continuous Food Drive for our Food Pantry!  Steve Duarte and Club Madeirense S.S. Sacramento! This wonderful group has been giving us 30 full turkey dinners (pie included) for many years. Thank you everyone! Happy Blessed Thanksgiving! Stacie

Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive

We will be collecting non-perishable food items the weekends of Nobember 9 & 10 and 16 & 17 for our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive to support the St. Anthony of Padua’s Food Pantry. Monetary donations will be also be gratefully accepted. Thank you.

Thank You Everyone

Thank you to everyone for your continued support to the Food Pantry!

We serve up to 250 family’s every Thursday. We couldn’t do it without the support of our amazing community and volunteers! We are in desperate need of toiletries for our patrons. Shampoo, toothpaste , soap, toothbrushes, toilet paper etc. If anyone goes on vacation and stays in a hotel even those are great. Our patrons are very appreciative for any of these items.

Thank You
May God Keep Blessing You
Stacie

Thank You Bishop Stang High School

Bishop Stang High School had a Rock-A-Thon recently and donated over 1600 lbs. of nonperishable food to the Food Pantry! Their continued support is greatly appreciated.

And thank you Fred and Larry for always being available.