News from the Rehoboth Food Pantry

It is hard to believe we are already in August! The Pantry continues to meet the needs of fellow Rehoboth residents who are facing food insecurity - and it is all because of YOU! Your generous donations (monetary, food items, and time) are critical in enabling the pantry to help our neighbors! We are so very thankful to the businesses and residents for all you provide!

We are often asked if there are any particular items we need. This list can change seasonally, but today, those items most needed include:

Mac & Cheese, canned pasta (ravioli, spaghetti and meatballs, and beefaroni} Baked Beans, tuna fish in water, chunky peanut butter, canned -green beans, potatoes, beets, carrots, mixed vegetables, cream of mushroom soup, pasta sauce ( meat or traditional), canned tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, saltines, ritz type crackers- golden rounds, Cereals - Store brands are fine: Honey Nut Cheerios, Cheerios, Raisin Bran, Frosted Flakes.

This month, we have a number of very special thank you’ s to share:
• The Rehoboth Lions for their very generous and much needed monetary donation
• Food Donations collected by Girl Scout Troops 494- Tracey, Troop 507 - Deb, and Troop 333
• The Angela Horton Estates Social Group - birthday celebrations donations
• Charlene and Ray from Sophia Drive collected from people in that development
• Monthly donations from Rehoboth Baptist Church, West Dighton Christian Church, and the Rehoboth Congregational Church Mission Committee
• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - St. Vincent dePaul donates excess supplies the pantry
• Hannaford Supermarket in Taunton donates meat weekly
• Gold Medal Bakery in Fall River donates bread weekly
• Our wonderful area farmers and gardeners who donate fresh produce to the pantry
• and of course, the wonderful Rehoboth Reporter team who sends our messages out to the community - gratis! Thank you so much Reporter Team!!

Last, and certainly NOT least, a very special thanks to Odete Lacourse, who has served as treasurer for the Pantry since Steve Martin retired as coordinator 7 years ago, is stepping down from her role. It is an arduous task, and we are ever so grateful for your years of service! Odete....Thank You....you shall be missed!!

We would like to officially welcome Jennifer Brown, who is now taking the secretarial reins moving forward! Welcome to the Board, Jennifer!

Some reminders:

Every Thursday, between 2:30 and 4:30 the pantry opens its doors (located in the rear of the building) to help provide food and other necessities to residents in need.

If you have trouble getting to the pantry, please call us at 508-493-1922 so we can arrange a delivery of groceries for you.

For food donations, our generous friends have provided a number of convenient drop off locations to donate:

Anawan Pharmacy - 224 Winthrop St. Rehoboth
Blanding Library – Bay State Rd. Rehoboth
Land-Tek – 477 Winthrop St. Rehoboth
Loraine's Stitch 'n' Crafts – 235 Winthrop St. Rehoboth
Munroe Feed & Supply – 200 Fairview Ave. Rehoboth
Harvest Tap and Table – 2685 Grand Army of the Republic Hwy, Swansea, MA 02777

Monetary donations can be made directly on our website https://rehobothfoodpantryma.org/ , via PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=DR4FU8URSBZU4  or can be mailed to:
The Rehoboth Food Pantry
51 Winthrop StreetRehoboth, MA 02769