Executive Director John Thomas provides local data for Mass Live article on food insecurity
‘Right on the margins’ Even before the SNAP freeze, Mass. families were already going hungry By Will Katcher | WKatcher@masslive.com When Maria Guerrero was raising three kids on her own in Lynn, she visited a food pantry about once a month to make sure her family had enough to eat. But it wasn’t until about […]
SNAP, the budget shutdown, updates and impact on our community
This morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments, suspended Saturday, Nov. 1st, could restart as early as Wednesday, Nov. 5, after two federal judges directed the Trump Administration to utilize a contingency reserve fund designed to temporarily maintain the food relief program in an emergency. SNAP costs roughly $8 billion each […]
Longfellow Club donates food to pantry.
Thanks to the Longfellow Club! We gratefully received the leftover rider food from the ALS ride on September 20th. We’ll put these treats to good use.
Local food pantry expands its community footprint amid federal, state funding uncertainty
Hunger doesn’t take a break.” Fox 25 News covers the Sudbury Food Pantry’s move to 534 Boston Post Rd., Wayland.