Thanks to Brad’s Place for 100 meals served!
Posted on September 3, 2020
We would like to thank Brad’s Place, a restaurant in Greenfield and long time partner for catering over a 100 meals for the past two days. We would not be able to feed our neighbors without the help of meals partners like them. Thanks to Dan Devine (pictured) for helping […]
FCCMP thanks Rachel’s Table, Arnold’s Meats, and Franklin County CDC
Posted on August 5, 2020
Thank you to Rachel’s Table, Arnold’s Meats and Franklin County CDC for their donations of food and services.
Changing of the guard: welcome to our new Executive Director Rachel Berggren
Posted on June 1, 2020
See our article in The Recorder for details The Franklin County Community Meals Program has said goodbye to its executive director of more than four years, and is welcoming a new director on Monday, June 1st. The Meals Program cannot find sufficient words with which to express our gratitude to […]
Virtual Brown Bag Drive – YMCA of Greenfield
Posted on May 27, 2020
The YMCA in Greenfield is organizing a Virtual Brown Bag Drive from Tuesday May 26th through Friday May 29th at 451 Main Street, Greenfield. Please see the above flyer for details. Collecting food donations Tuesday, May 26th through Friday, May 29th. Between 10 am & 3 pm, drop off non […]
Annual North Quabbin Food-a-thon 2020
Posted on May 16, 2020
The annual Food-a-thon is Tuesday May 19. The Food-a-thon is a benefit for 5 pantries in the Orange-Athol area and has provided donations of food and cash for the past 16 years so that the pantries can help neighbors in need. This year, to keep everyone safe, only financial donations […]
We welcome a new FCCMP partner – Wheelhouse Caterers
Posted on May 7, 2020
Welcome and a warm thanks to Wheelhouse Caterers for providing a meal to the patrons of our Greenfield meal site last night. Their newly created Essential Meals Project’s mission is to feed health care professionals and others in need of a meal. We’re delighted that they’ve chosen to partner with […]
Upcoming events May 2020
Posted on May 6, 2020
Our upcoming events for the month of May, 2020: Drive Thru Mobile Food Bank – May 13th, Oak Courts, 1 Elm Terrace l Greenfield, MA 01301 Hosted by the Center for Self Reliance. Physical distancing mobile food bank-free and open to the public! No documentation-every adult gets the same amount. […]
A big thank you to our community partners for their assistance
Posted on May 5, 2020
Special thanks to the following organizations for their additional financial assistance during the time of COVID: * Community Foundation of Western MA * Eversource * Fallon Health * The Food Bank of Western MA * The Fred H. Daniels Foundation FCCMP has experienced unanticipated expenses as we have adjusted our […]
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3 days ago
These days it feels like everything is in constant flux. But one thing remains the same; the constant care of our community.
Here at FCCMP we are working to reshape our meal site model to make sense in these Covid times. For the month of September we are sponsoring Brad's Place. Volunteer
groups can now work with local restaurants to help cater a meal, feeding people in need while also keeping local restaurants in business.
Starting in October we will be back in the kitchen cooking to go meals for our community. If you’ve cooked a meal for us before or want to get involved in the fun, contact us to find out more about the new normal at our Greenfield Meal Site and how you can get involved.
Pictured: Dan Devine hard at work
3 days ago
The Orange Food Pantry re-opened for walk in at the beginning of September after months of drive thru only. We are slowly but surely adapting to the new normal.
Come by every Thursday from 10-3. Any and all are welcome. Call 9785442149 for any questions or to request a delivery.
1 week ago
"A shadow of hunger looms over the United States. In the pandemic economy, nearly one in eight households doesn’t have enough to eat. The lockdown, with its epic lines at food banks, has revealed what was hidden in plain sight: that the struggle to make food last long enough, and to get food that’s healthful — what experts call ‘food insecurity’ — is a persistent one for millions of Americans."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/02/magazine/food-insecurity-hunger-us.html
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We spent months photographing dozens of families across the country to understand what food insecurity looks like today.