Rehoboth Food Pantry News

The Rehoboth Food Pantry's Annual Volunteer Meeting is Tuesday, November 12th from 7 - 8 pm at The Blanding Library at 124 Bay State Rd. in Rehoboth. An essential part of The Rehoboth Food Pantry is our volunteers. This meeting is to give the volunteers any updates about the pantry. We want to share information about how the pantry works, times when volunteers are needed, the types of jobs they can do, and answer any questions. We are hopeful that many of you can attend. Please RSVP by text to Paula or leave a message on the Food Pantry Phone at 508-493-1922.

It is hard to believe Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner! The Food Pantry continues to meet the needs of fellow Rehoboth residents who are facing food insecurity. It is because of all of YOU! Your generous donations (monetary, food items, and time) are critical in enabling the pantry to help our neighbors in need. We are so very thankful to the businesses and residents for all that you continue to provide! This holiday season we ask that you consider making a donation to the Food Pantry as our needs are always greatest during this time of year.

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, beefaroni) Ramen Noodles Baked Beans, tuna fish in water, chunky peanut butter, canned -peas, green beans, potatoes, beets, carrots, mixed vegetables, cream of mushroom soup, Progresso Chunky soups (beef, chicken and chowder) pasta sauce ( meat or traditional), canned tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, any type of pasta, saltines, ritz type crackers- golden rounds, Cereals - Store brands are fine: Honey Nut Cheerios, Cheerios, Raisin Bran, Frosted Flakes, Regular and Decaf Coffee,

Some special thank you’s to share:
• The Horton Estates Social Group - birthday celebration donations
• Rehoboth Congregational Church WKB, Mission Committee, and Endowment Fund for food and generous monetary donations
• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and West Dighton Christian Church for the monthly food donations
• Hannaford Supermarket in Taunton weekly donations
• Gold Medal Bakery in Fall River for weekly bread donations
• Robin Feilding Rex & Birch Tree Sanctuary Food Drive
• Bob & Barbara for the delicious apple donations for the past 5 weeks
• Thank you so much to the Rehoboth Reporter Team for continuing to send out our message to the community

Some reminders:
The Rehoboth Food Pantry is at 51 Winthrop St, Unit 2, located in the rear of the building. We open our doors every Thursday, between 2:30 and 4:30 We are here 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 town businesses have provided 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 be mailed to: The Rehoboth Food Pantry, 51 Winthrop Street, Rehoboth, MA 02769