Going Mobile

When we originally started planning our Mobile Pantry programs over a year ago, we believed they were necessary to serve people who lacked transportation or had disabilities that prevented them from being able to come to us. But since the COVID-19 crisis, we have learned that there is other unmet need in our community that can best be filled by going mobile: essential workers who are unable to attend our pantry hours, people quarantined due to COVID, communities unaware of food sourcing options, and more. So we are expanding our mobile options and our partnerships to get more food to more people.

On Sunday, August 2, we worked with Senator Jamie Eldridge, the Assembly of God Church in Hudson, and Aurelias Garden to deliver staple boxes and fresh produce to over 50 families in Hudson, in a mini-farmers market style mobile pantry.

On Monday, we partnered with the Maynard Food Pantry to present a pop-up food pantry. We distributed boxes of staples, back-packs filled with healthy snacks and breakfast foods and topped it off with ice cream.  The basic staples boxes were provided by MEMA, and volunteers from the National Charity League added additional items from our pantry to make a more complete offering. Over 38 families received food during the impromptu pantry.

And last month we started partnering with the Town of Concord and Concord-Carlisle Community High School, and with the help of members the National Charity League, to provide food for the CCHS weekly pantry programs.