Save the Date: Auction at Hope & Olive on May 11
Posted on February 26, 2020
Our annual Hope Against Hunger Auction is on May 11th, 2020. Save the date!
Brown Bag Brigade 2020
Posted on February 19, 2020
Join us for Brown Bag Brigade on Sunday, February 23, 4-6pm at the 2nd Congregational Church, 16 Court Sq., Greenfield MA.
Deerfield Academy students joined the Brown Bag Brigade
Posted on January 20, 2020
Deerfield Academy students joined the Brown Bag Brigade.
FCCMP bids farewell to our Executive Director Andrea Leibson
Posted on January 9, 2020
We bid farewell to our current Executive Director, as we commence our search for her successor.
Thanks To Aliber’s Bridal for their turkey donation!
Posted on November 23, 2019
Thank you to Cristen of Aliber’s Bridal which presented the Orange Pantry with 12 turkeys for distribution today! Cristen donated one turkey for each bridal gown purchased at her Greenfield shop in November. Thanks to Cristen and to all the couples planning weddings!
#GivingTuesday is December 3rd, 2019. Learn how you can help the FCCMP
Posted on November 21, 2019
#GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement that’s unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. The hashtag and movement comes on the heels of other online shopping trends such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. At the FCCMP’s meal sites and pantries, costs are […]
THURSDAY, NOV 7TH: Empty Bowls 2019
Posted on November 4, 2019
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2370234013217531/ Join the Franklin County Community Meals Program’s Empty Bowls event at The People’s Pint on Thursday, November 7 from 5 – 8 pm. Come to The People’s Pint for a meal and have a brownie sundae to support FCCMP‘s meals sites and food pantries – $25 for […]
Free Soup and Game Night to benefit Franklin County Diaper Drive
Posted on November 1, 2019
Monday, November 4th is Free Soup and Game Night at Hope & Olive, hosted by Hope & Olive with all proceeds going to the Franklin County Diaper Bank. Please come join us to eat, play, and support a wonderful cause. Please see our flier below for details.
Current News
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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
www.nytimes.com
We spent months photographing dozens of families across the country to understand what food insecurity looks like today.