Loaves & Fishes News and Updates

Come Visit Us – Last Thursday of the Month
April 1, 2025To make things more convenient for our clients, we’ve introduced a morning open pantry session on the last Thursday of each month. Skip the long Wednesday lines and come grab

Warming Our Heads And Our Hearts
April 1, 2025A client made these colorful hats knowing that our volunteers are out in all kinds of weather, loading groceries into cars at open pantries. She always has yarn with her

New Recipe Bags
April 1, 2025In addition to the usual groceries received by our clients, we’re now giving out Recipe Bags in the first week of the month! In March, the bags contained the recipe

Chain Reaction of Hope
April 1, 2025The students at Lura A. White School in Shirley recently created a chain reaction using over 500 boxes of cereal. THEN they donated all of them to Loaves & Fishes!

Volunteer Spotlight – Meet Jody!
March 31, 2025Jody has been volunteering at the Pantry since 2017. She loves coming in to volunteer (in many different roles!) because she is a strong believer in the mission of the

Shout Out to Our Drivers!
March 31, 2025We couldn’t do what we do without this crew of drivers! From the Greater Boston Food Bank to grocery stores and all of the local farms in between, we would

Soup For The Soul – A Beautiful Night!
March 27, 2025Soup For The Soul was a lovely evening celebrating all of our many supporters throughout our community. The Pantry was transformed into a beautiful bistro, and guests enjoyed delicious food,

Diapers for Days!
March 27, 2025“Donations like this spread far and wide throughout our area like the roots of a tree. You don’t necessarily see the impact but the health of the community reflects their

Help Us Support Our Neighbors
March 27, 2025Jeremy and his wife Cathy, a middle-aged couple from Harvard, both work full time, yet there never seems to be enough money to pay all the bills. Jeremy recently told

Thank You, PCA Northeast Region!
March 3, 2025Porsche Club of America Northeast Region has been a huge supporter of Loaves & Fishes for many years. Recently they did a food drive and donated $5,000 to help us

Thank you, RTSM Devens ALC Class 25 002!
March 3, 2025RTSM Devens ALC Class 25 002 not only collected food for the Pantry, but they went above and beyond, carrying the food they collected on their backs while they hiked

Volunteer Spotlight
March 3, 2025“I love being part of the whole process from gathering and bringing in food as part of the Neighborhood Food Project and then seeing it go out the door directly