by Jill Coull | Dec 29, 2023 | Featured
As we wind down 2023 and look ahead to the New Year, we are thrilled to announce some exciting news: the Newton Food Pantry has hired its first Executive Director, Jeff Lemberg. Jeff will lead the organization’s staff, volunteers, operations and fundraising, in...
by Jill Coull | Dec 8, 2023 | Featured
With increased costs in housing, food, and other basic needs, some of our neighbors are making impossible choices between paying bills and putting food on the table. Did you know that over 3,650 Newton residents live in poverty, according to the 2021 U.S. Census? ...
by Jill Coull | Nov 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
While the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is thankfully behind us, its economic impact on some families is still with us and for some of our clients such as Julia, a Nonantum mother of two, the Newton Food Pantry provides healthy food options for her family. “Our...
by Jill Coull | Nov 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
What do you call an all-volunteer organization that collects mountains of diapers, tons of food, partners with food pantries, and has literally made thousands of deliveries of grocery bags full of food to individuals who cannot access pantries themselves, every week,...
by Jill Coull | Nov 30, 2023 | Volunteer
Have you ever wondered where the tons of food that the Newton Food Pantry distributes to families every week comes from and how it gets delivered and sorted at our distribution site in the basement of Newton City Hall? Ask Paul Browne. This former food service...
