Dedham Food Pantry is currently helping over 150 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 3 bags of food which are given away each Saturday mornings from 8:30 A.M. to 11:00 P.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. There will be no meeting in June and July 2007. Our next meeting is August 20th @ 6:30 P.M. at St.John's UMC Referral Agents: Council on Aging: 735 Washington St., Dedham, MA 02026 Ph# 781-461-5976 Dedham Housing: Joanne Toomey, 163 Dedham Blvd., Dedham, MA 02026 PH# 781-326-3543 St. Vincent DePaul: Tim Kelleher C/O St. Mary's 25 Avery St., Dedham, MA 02026 PH# 781-326-0550 Youth Commission: Tom Clinton-Director, Town Hall, 26 Bryant St., Dedham, MA 02026 PH# 781-751-9190 Email: tclinton@dedham-ma.gov Click HERE to e-mail to Kristine Anderson 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 2007-2008 Dedham Food Pantry.