ROCKLAND, WEYMOUTH, ISSUED DECEMBER 20, 2024… The South Shore Food Bank, working in partnership with the Greater Boston Food Bank to improve food access on the South Shore, help address food equity across towns, and help make fresh options more readily available to families relaying on food pantries to meet their needs, is currently seeking “Giving Tuesday and All Season Long” donations through December 31st.
A South Shore Food Bank volunteer who is strongly committed to the organization’s mission and is aware of the impact it makes has pledged to match every dollar donated up to $10,000.
“Our volunteers are so generous with their time and are truly critical to advancing our mission, and to say we are grateful to this volunteer for their pledge to match donations is a huge understatement,” said Pamela Denholm, executive director of the South Shore Food Bank. “Every dollar we receive goes directly to our mission to bring food, dignity, and hope to our neighbors – let’s make this holiday a little warmer for our South Shore families, by putting food on the table.”
Denholm noted that with the exorbitant cost of living, increased grocery prices, and the end of pandemic-era supports in 2023, The Greater Boston Food Bank reports 1 in 3 households with children in Massachusetts suffer from child-level food insecurity, meaning a child went hungry, skipped a meal or didn’t eat for an entire day because there wasn’t enough money for food.
The South Shore Food Bank supports the following food pantries: Abington Food Pantry, SVDP; Aunt Dots Kitchen, Wellspring Hull; Braintree Holiday/ Friends Pantry; Brockton Assembly of God; Brockton Temple SDA Food Pantry; Damien’s Place; Duxbury Lions Share Food Pantry; East Bridgewater Food Pantry; Eglise Baptiste Haitienne; Friendly Food Pantry of Randolph; Grace Ministries (2227); Grandparent United; Haitian Christian Social U of NE. Randolph; Hanover Food Pantry; Hanson Food Pantry; Hingham Interfaith Food Pantry; Holbrook Food Pantry; Holy Tabernacle Church Dorchester; Interfaith Social Services Food Pantry; Marshfield Food Pantry; M.O.L.I.F.E. Inc.; Pentecostal Assembly New Bedford; Quincy Community Action Food Pantry; Rockland Emergency Food Pantry; Rockland Saint Vincent de Paul; Salvation Army Quincy; Scituate Food Pantry; Servants of Hope Food Pantry Braintree; Servants of Hope Food Pantry Brockton; SVDP Abington Food Pantry; SVDP Whitman Food Pantry; Walpole Community Food Pantry; Aunt Dot’s Kitchen (Wellspring); West Bridgewater FP; Weymouth Food Pantry; Whitman Food Pantry, SVDP.
About the South Shore Food Bank
Established in 2021, the South Shore Food Bank is part of a united community effort to bring food, dignity and hope to our South Shore neighbors. The organization acts as a hub for a network of food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters supported by Greater Boston Food Bank, helping to get food to where it’s most needed, especially fresh produce and frozen goods. Currently, the South Shore Food Bank serves pantries in towns throughout the South Shore, including Abington, Braintree, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, Canton, Carver, Cohasset, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Hanover, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Milton, Norwell, Pembroke, Plympton, Quincy, Randolph, Rockland, Scituate, Weymouth, and Whitman.
The South Shore Food Bank is located at 40E Reservoir Park Drive, Rockland, MA 02370. For more information, please visit www.southshorefoodbank.org, email info@weymouthfoodpantry.org, or call 781-331-7682.
