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Loaves & Fishes News and Updates


2024 Postal Workers’ Food Drive

May 15, 2024

Letter 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, 2024

The 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, 2024

Parishioners 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, 2024

Alltown 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, 2024

A 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

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We Asked – They Delivered!

February 21, 2024

The Groton Neighborhood Food Project delivered over 5,500 pounds of food, including many, many boxes of Ensure and Glucerna during their February 10th collection! Our deepest thanks for donating these

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Hunger Run Raised Over $7,000!

February 7, 2024

This past fall, Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer hosted their 9th Annual Hunger Run 5K to benefit the Pantry. Last week they were kind enough to present us with

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A Refreshing Treat!

February 7, 2024

CPF, Inc., a Pepsi distributor in Ayer, recently donated 5 whole pallets of Pure Leaf Iced Tea for our clients. What a delicious surprise!

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A COVID Silver Lining!

February 7, 2024

Laddawn, a Berry Global Company in Devens has been a longtime partner of Loaves & Fishes. They provide a variety of plastic bags which we use to package our produce

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Thank you, Main Street Bank!

February 7, 2024

Main Street Bank continues their tradition of supporting the Pantry. We were thrilled to have them visit recently and deliver a sizeable donation! Pictured left to right: Patrick Bean, VP

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BoomX Cannabis Making a Difference!

February 7, 2024

Anthony (pictured above) and Katie Cardillo, of BoomX Cannabis Co. in Shirley, came to visit the Pantry to drop off a generous donation that was the result of a holiday

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Thank you, Golden Girl Granola!

January 30, 2024

Our friends at Golden Girl Granola in Shirley continue to support the Pantry. Last May they generously donated granola snack bags for our Spring Into Action 5K participants. About a

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