About Us

How We Serve Our Neighbors

The Newton Food Pantry works to alleviate food insecurity in Newton by providing supplemental food assistance and personal care items to community members in need, serving our clients with dignity, compassion and respect.

We believe no one deserves to go hungry, and everyone has a right to nutritious food. We address food insecurity with a community-based approach and value equity and inclusion.

The Many Ways We Serve Our Newton Neighbors

• Bi-monthly choice shopping at our pantry for Newton residents and students of Newton-based colleges and universities. (Choice shopping includes a large variety of fresh produce, dairy, proteins, grains, shelf-stable items, culturally relevant foods and personal care products, including feminine hygiene products, baby diapers, toothpaste and toilet paper.)
• Provide Kids’ Bags filled with healthy snacks and easy-to-make meal items to all clients with children at home under the age of 18.
• Home delivery of groceries to medically homebound clients.
• Operating and daily restocking of the Newton Community freedge.
• Supporting and restocking the Lasell University Dry Pantry.
• Supporting and restocking the William James College Dry Pantry.
• Serving all residents of FamilyAid of Newton.
• Collaboration with Welcome Home to provide home goods to pantry clients.
• Community partnerships to provide holiday meals.

Newton Food Pantry Staff

Advisory Council

• Lauren Lele — Senior Director of Community Health and Volunteer Services, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
• Susan Paley — Former Senior Vice President of Community Relations, Village Bank (retired); Board President, Newton Neighbors Helping Neighbors
• Doug Rauch — Former President, Trader Joe’s Co. (retired); Founder/President, Daily Table