by Jill Coull | Feb 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
How does it make you feel to interact with clients of color or of your same culture? As a person who grew up not seeing many people who looked like me in school or work environments, I know how impactful it is to see and interact with someone who looks like me or...
by Jill Coull | Feb 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
How has working at the Newton Food Pantry impacted you? Newton is supposedly a very affluent community, and working for the pantry has shown me that there is also a lot of food insecurity in our city. How does it make you feel to interact with those of your identity...
by Jill Coull | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Why did you decide to volunteer with the Newton Food Pantry? As a family, we always make time to volunteer. I loved doing it together with my son, and we had a very rewarding experience. When my son started high school, he got busy and the pandemic started. So,...
by Jill Coull | Dec 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
For four generations, family business J.W. Lopes, based in Chelsea, sold produce to restaurants and institutions. When the pandemic hit, and restaurant orders slowed down, Vice President Jeff Kotzen and his wife Elyssa decided to pivot and started selling directly to...
by Jill Coull | Dec 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Like many volunteers, Doug Herrick started volunteering at the Newton Food Pantry in retirement. In 2018, he was part of the Monday morning shift crew, helping to receive and put away shipments that came to our pantry from Newton Food Pantry partners, including the...
by Ethan Gordon | Aug 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Newton Food Pantry is thrilled to invite our clients, volunteers and supporters back inside our newly renovated space. We spent the summer upgrading the mechanical systems for safe air flow and reimagining our space through our clients’ eyes. Our goal was a...
