NEWS FROM CENTRE STREET FOOD PANTRY:
Pre-Thanksgiving call out for volunteers! Can you help out on Centre Street? We are open Saturday November 5th AND Saturday November 19th. Both Saturdays need volunteers in 2 hour shifts between 10AM and 3PM. We are also often in need of help during the 4-6pm shift on Tuesdays. Other shifts are needed as well. To register/sign-up, head to our website. Please share with your friends, family and neighbors! All are welcome.
Help with Kids Club
A Kids Club bag is packed with "kid-friendly" breakfast and lunch foods. Every bag has breakfast cereal, shelf stable milk, peanut butter, jam, cereal or granola bars, fruit cups, dried fruit and extras such as juice, pasta, mac and cheese, soups and tuna. In December we add hot cocoa and cookies as a treat. To find out how to participate, check out the Kids Club page.
NEWS FROM NEWTON NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS:
Food Pantry Drivers needed for November.
Our signup sheet for November is now available for folks who can help deliver food to our neighbors unable to get to the food pantries on their own. It takes, on average, about an hour to complete deliveries.
We especially need drivers on the following dates:
Wednesday, 11/9 (Pickup times between 12:15 - 2:45)
Friday, 11/18 (Pickup between 9:00 - 9:15)
Wednesday, 11/23 (Pickup times between 12:15 - 2:45)
Please sign-up using this link.
Thanksgiving Gift Card Drive
Did you know that 1 in 10 neighbors struggles to feed their family? It's a heartbreaking fact and our goal is to help put food on neighbor's tables this Thanksgiving. Last year, thanks to your generosity, Newton Neighbors served 150 families throughout Newton, Brockton and Waltham with $50 supermarket Gift Cards! We are launching this much-valued program again and we hope you will help. Due to the rising food prices we are all seeing at markets this year, our goal is to distribute gift cards of $75 value to each family. Whatever we raise, Newton Neighbors will distribute the gift cards through partner agencies to families in Newton, Waltham, and Brockton to families in need this holiday. If you are able to make a donation to help us reach our goal, we know that these families would be so grateful. Here is the link to donate. .