Pantry News

SAVE THE DATE: The 3rd Annual Feed the Need 5K to collect food and funds for the Dedham Food Pantry will take place on Saturday, June 8 at 8:30am. Register here.

The Dedham Food Pantry is the fortunate recipient of the fourteenth annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Much gratitude is owed to the Letter Carriers and the Noble and Greenough community. Not only did our local postal workers collect food from households across town, they also staffed a very tasty barbecue lunch for the volunteers at the collection and sorting site, Noble and Greenough School.

Special thanks go to Coordinator Extraordinaire, Linda Hurley, Noble’s Community Service Coordinator who spearheads this very successful drive and helps the pantry in numerous ways throughout the year.

On Saturday May 11th, 2013 the Noble and Greenough School will partner with The Dedham Letter Carriers Union to process donations for the National Stamp Out Hunger Drive. It is the largest one day food collection in the country. Volunteers are needed from Noon - 5PM at the Noble and Greenough School Buildings and Grounds Garage. Donations are unloaded and sorted for the Dedham Food Pantry. Please contact Linda Hurley at 781-320-7261 linda_hurley@nobles.edu.

Repost from the Dedham Patch

The Dedham Food Pantry will now be able to to upgrade their cooling systems thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Blue Hills Bank Charitable Foundation.

“This grant is a real big shot in the arm for us” Dedham Food Pantry President, Lindsay Barich said. “With these funds we will be able to update our outdated refrigerator and freezer systems and work towards automatizing some of our work as we do most of it by hand. This is a great example of neighbors helping neighbors.”

The Yard House Dedham restaurant in part of their Round it Up America campaign presented a $7,000 check to the Dedham Food Pantry. Pictured: Jane Hannah, Yard House Manager with Julie Bertsch, DFP Trustee and the rest of the restaurant crew.

Founded by leaders in the restaurant industry, Round It Up America® (RIUA) is a non-profit organization that strives to make change across America through a simple, yet powerful charitable giving program.

Ralph Bellegard, Store Manager of the Stop & Shop Dedham presents a check from their “Friends For Food” program to Lindsay Barich, President of the Dedham Food Pantry.

From Dec. 1-22 every Saturday at 10am is FREE admission to a classic holiday movie with a non-perishable donation to benefit the Dedham Food Pantry.

Click here to learn more.

When the organizers were planning this event, they were hoping to have around a hundred people show up on Thanksgiving Day. They had no idea that the Endicott Estate would be filled with over a thousand people! Click here to read more. (Repost from Dedham Patch).

The DFP Board of Trustees wishes to thank our neighbors who lent a hand to last night’s telethon. It’s never too late to donate, mail checks to: P. O. Box 46 Dedham, MA 02027

Click here to view photos posted on the Dedham Patch.

Click here to read the November 27 2012 online post from the Dedham Patch.