Thank You to SMFOA

Southeastern Massachusetts Football Officials Association for their generous donation to the Food Pantry. President Joseph Flynn has members bring non-perishable items to their weekly meetings.  Every month they donate all they collect to local food pantrys in the southeast region.  Thank you to Kyle Canastra for delivering all the boxes of food.

Food Pantry Donation

Mark Medeiros of South Coast Travel Guide recently donated a check for $500.00 to St Anthony of Padua Food Pantry.  Thank you, Mark,  for your generous donation!

Mark Medeiros and Father Murphy

Bishop Stang National Honor Society Helps

Thank you to the Bishop Stang National Honor Society (NHS) who hosted the annual NHS Rock-a-thon Food Drive. The Society donated between 1500-2000 pounds of food to the St Anthony’s Food Pantry. Great job!

Bishop Stang National Honor Society 

Food Pantry Fund Raiser

Thank you to Stacie Hallal, Fred Despres, and their great group of volunteers. And thank you also to the Knights of Columbus who provided the tickets, Joel Cosmo who donated the TV and Ismeal Perez who donated the blue ray player, and all  the additional persons who helped make the Clam Cake and Chowder Food Pantry Fundraiser a big success. The total raised was $3234.00 The funds collected will help to defray the cost of a police detail which could cost up to $7800.00 yearly.

Joe Amaral and his granddaughter collecting and selling tickets at the fundraiser.

Fred, Father Murphy and Stacie in the kitchen

A large group showed up to support the Food Pantry

Stacie mixing up clam cakes.

Flu Shots

Once again this year flu shots are being provided to all who come to the food pantry. Pictured here are Andrew Weisburgh Pharmacy Manager and Hendrick Hernandez from Rite-Aid on Acushnet Ave.

Winter has Arrived!

It took until February 9^th for our first major snow storm. Thankfully it didn't arrive until Friday so we were able to open on Thursday as usual. The need has increased and is greater than ever.

Starting January 3 we once again had to start limiting families to every other week to receive groceries, even with that we are helping almost 300 families each week and serving over 350 lunches. The generosity of people in our area never ceases to amaze me. So many weeks we find ourselves with limited supplies and an angel from somewhere will show up to help. Thankfully we have received and distributed over 400 winter coats this season and continue to hand out handknitted scarves,hats and mittens.

March 1^st we will once again participate in the Feinstein Challenge and count every item donated thru April 30^th on hope of obtaining a share of Mr. Feinstein's one million food challenge give a way.

Christmas 2012

December

Some of the BEST VOLUNTEERS in the WORLD.
Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.