Food Bank News

December 13, 2021

School Food Program

The Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District is pleased to announce that the District is providing free breakfast and lunch for all District students. Supt. Richard Medeiros reported to the Food Pantry Board of Directors that this program has been in place since the start of the school year. Supt. Medeiros stated that “In these difficult times, we are thankful for the funding of Project Bread by the Commonwealth and the critical and essential food needs that are being met through the program’s inception”.

November 23, 2021

Visit from Congressman Jake Auchincloss

The Freetown Regional Food Pantry was honored to host Congressman Jake Auchincloss at the Pantry to help our volunteers with the distribution of Thanksgiving Turkeys and Fixings.

November 18, 2021

Board of Directors Announce First Annual Fundraising Drive

The Freetown Regional Food Pantry needs your support! The Food Pantry has played an important role in addressing regional food scarcity during the Covid 19 Pandemic. We have provided food to families and individuals in need without regard to income level. We have 150 families who visit the Food Pantry on distribution days, serving residents of Freetown, neighboring towns, and Fall River and New Bedford. Through the generosity of Stop and Shop, Amazon, Citizens for Citizens, and many others, we have fulfilled the need for food and other essential personal items in these ongoing difficult times. For Thanksgiving, we were blessed to give out 500 turkeys, fixings, and all. We’re hoping to do the same for Christmas.

But we need your help to continue serving others. To date, businesses such as Cape Cod Aggregates, AJ Soares Construction, J&R Precast, KR Rezendes, St. Michaels Federal Credit Union, Hillside Realty, Empire Ford, C&R Appliances, Preferred Concrete, and Borges Brothers Trucking have all provided much-needed financial and operational support. We provide our food distribution services through the help of many volunteers. Students from the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District, the Girl Scouts, Freetown Highway Department, and other community groups provide the day-to-day help with unloading trucks, stocking shelves, and doing the tasks needed to keep the Food Pantry up and running. We are grateful for everyone’s help!

However, to continue this critical work, we rely on the generosity of regional businesses and individuals like you! Your support helps us cover essential costs such as insurance, heat/cooling, maintenance, and cleaning. Please consider donating to the Freetown Regional Food Pantry today. We appreciate your support. Thank you!

August 18, 2021

AJ Soares Loading Dock Donation

The Board of Directors and many volunteers would like to recognize and thank AJ Soares Construction for the construction of a food landing platform for the Food Pantry. The landing platform will be used to help our volunteers unload the food donation trucks from Stop and Shop. Many thanks to AJ Soares for the materials and labor to make this project possible!