Loaves & Fishes News and Updates
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Generosity At Its Freshest!
July 24, 2024Summer is a bountiful time at the Pantry thanks to local farms donating lots of fresh, flavorful produce! Many thanks to these hard working donors: • Boston Area Gleaners –
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“FUN”draising!
July 20, 2024These kids sure know how to have a good time while they’re supporting the Pantry! The Ayer Shirley Middle School Junior Honor Society raised $1400 by hosting a dunk tank.
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Cisco Volunteers Helping Again!
July 8, 2024Keeping our Inventory in Check Year After Year Many hands made our annual inventory a breeze! Our friends from Cisco Systems – Boxborough have volunteered to assist us with this
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Double the Cool – Two Brand New Refrigerators!
July 8, 2024Thanks to the generosity of the Harvard Lions Club (Joe Schmidt of the Harvard Lions Club pictured above with Pantry staff members, Jocie and Eileen) and Don and Janet Stevens
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It’s Beautiful!
May 15, 2024Have you seen how meticulously groomed our grounds are? We owe it all to the generosity of Sidney Landscaping in Ayer!
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Littleton Boy Scouts Support the Pantry
May 15, 2024The Littleton Boy Scouts Troop 20 visited Loaves & Fishes recently to deliver a donation they raised during the holidays at their Photo Booth with Santa!
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New Friends From The Fredette Group
May 15, 2024We recently welcomed new friends from The Fredette Group – Westford as Pantry Partners. They had the opportunity to see the Pantry in operation and understand how their financial donation
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2024 Postal Workers’ Food Drive
May 15, 2024Letter carriers from many area towns and Pantry volunteers worked tirelessly all day this past Saturday to collect over 21,000 pounds of food donated by generous postal patrons. What a
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Soup for the Soul
May 15, 2024The pantry was transformed into a beautiful bistro for our Soup for the Soul event where we gathered with our volunteers, donors, and many others for a wonderful night of
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Chocolate for Charity
February 21, 2024Parishioners from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Westford created these beautiful boxes of chocolate treats for their “Chocolate for Charity” event on February 10th. They also raffled off lots of
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Alltown Fresh Does it Again!
February 21, 2024Alltown Fresh in Ayer is one of the Pantry’s biggest supporters! This past holiday season they hosted a sandwich and register fundraiser again. Their generous customers raised over $10,000 for
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Warm Hearts and Warm Bellies
February 21, 2024A couple of local elementary schools hosted Soup-er Bowl canned food drives to benefit the Pantry. These hard-working, warm hearted students collected over 1,300 pounds of soup and other canned