by Jill Coull | Nov 2, 2021 | Featured
Due to the generous donations from our community this year, the Newton Food Pantry is thrilled to provide our clients with the largest gift card amount in our 38-year history this Thanksgiving season. Every client will receive two gift cards in the month of November,...
by Jill Coull | Oct 13, 2021 | Featured
After a long day at work, Patty looks forward to dinner with her family. It’s the one time of stillness when they sit together, share a meal and catch up. Patty feels so fortunate that she has not had to worry about food insecurity for her family. Life has so many...
by Jill Coull | Sep 8, 2021 | Featured
Like many Newton Food Pantry clients, Bob Felleman was reluctant to visit the pantry the first time. “I didn’t think I really needed it,’ he says. “I can make do on my budget. I would rather see people hungrier than me get food.” But when he went to Newton City Hall...
by Jill Coull | Sep 3, 2021 | Featured
About four years ago, Julie Plaut Mahoney had a lightbulb moment. Julie had spent many years working with elder care and hospice patients, and inevitably there came a time when her clients’ possessions were no longer needed. She was in a meeting with a social worker...
by Jill Coull | Sep 3, 2021 | Volunteer
When Bernarda Montes de Oca first began volunteering at the Newton Food Pantry, it was a tiny space in the Waban Library Center. Over the years, she brought her kids to help during the summer, organized food drives at Thanksgiving, and brought kids from Angier to sort...
