Dedham Food Pantry is currently helping over 160 Dedham Families. The Board of Trustees for the Dedham Food Pantry is looking to get volunteers to help with sub-committees to make the Pantry a viable organization within the community of Dedham, MA. There is much work to be done to improve the operating procedures of the different positions such as: Pantry operations, fund raising, communications, fiscal budget, purchasing of food, transport of donations, newsletter, etc. to name a few. The hour's people can donate food items; (canned foods/non-perishable) is every Thursday from 3:00 PM-5:00 PM when volunteers restock the shelves and check for expired items. The Pantry is in the basement of St. John's church which is located at 50 Oakdale Avenue in Dedham, MA. Families in need get up to 2 bags of food which are given away each Saturday mornings from 8:30 A.M. to 10:45 A.M. The last sign in is at 10:30 A.M. The purpose of this web site is to have a useful resource for educating the community on how to contact the board members and how they can use this resource to "Get Involved" by volunteering their time, money, and food donations. The Food Pantry Board and volunteers usually meets the Third Wednesday of every month at 6:30 P.M. at St. John's U.M.C. Our next meetings for 2009 @ 6:30 PM Jan. 21, 2009 Feb. 18, 2009 March 18, 2009 April 15, 2009 May 20, 2009 Referral Agents: Council on Aging: 735 Washington St. Dedham, MA 02026-0046 781-461-5976 Rita Kalcos Email - rkalcos@dedham-ma.gov Dedham Housing: Joanne Toomey 163 Dedham Blvd. Dedham, MA 02026 PH# 781-326-3543 Email -JToomeyDHA@aol.com St. Vincent DePaul: Tim Kelleher C/O St. Mary's 25 Avery St. Dedham, MA 02026 PH# 781-326-0550 Tom Clinton-Director Youth Commission Dedham High School 140 Whiting Avenue Dedham, MA 02026 phone: 781-326-3120 email: tclinton@dedham-ma.gov Doreen LaBrecque Marie David Town Administrators Dedham Town Hall 26 Bryant Street Room 209 Dedham, MA 02026 phone: 781-751-9104 email: dlabrecque@dedham-ma.gov Gayle Capone Veterans Services Dedham Town Hall 26 Bryant Street Dedham, MA 02026 phone: 781-751-9265 email: gcapone@dedham-ma.gov Click HERE to e-mail to Rob Naser for any questions Click HERE to e-mail to Lynn Rogal for any questions. All pages are on this site were created, coded and written (Unless otherwise noted) for or by, David Ashley of Ashley Food Company Inc. (www.ashleyfood.com) and are copyright 2007-2009 Dedham Food Pantry.