Food drive?

Jun. 7th, 2011 08:03 am
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Does anyone know of any local food drives happening this week? Failing that, would anyone be willing to let me drop a bag of food with them for some future drive? I'm leaving town in a couple days, and I have a lot of food I would hate to see go to waste.

Thanks!

Edit: Thanks, all! I'm going to go with the donation bin at Tags, since that will be easiest for me to get to on foot.
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Date: 2011-06-07 12:24 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] thesoxgap
Looks like there are three food pantries in Somerville: http://www.gbfb.org/gethelp/pantries.cfm or you can contact the Greater Boston Food Band about making a donation http://www.gbfb.org/DonateFood/index.cfm

Date: 2011-06-07 12:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nomacmac.livejournal.com
The Stop & Shop on McGrath always seems to have a drop-off box near the Customer Service Desk (but you should call and ask first, because it might not be a permanent thing)

Date: 2011-06-07 12:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] m-b-w.livejournal.com
You can always drop food off at Harvest Co-op in Central Square.

Date: 2011-06-07 12:49 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] yendi
The Watertown Fire Department ran a food drive for local pantries in May, and according to this article, you can still do drop-offs after May.

Date: 2011-06-07 01:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mzrowan.livejournal.com
To add another possibility, Tags has a permanent food donation box (well, barrel, actually) in their entryway.

Date: 2011-06-07 01:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] benndragon.livejournal.com
Local fire stations are taking non-perishable items (http://www.somervillelocal76.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&homeID=207733) for the victims of the tornadoes that hit Western MA, through Thursday June 9th.

Date: 2011-06-07 03:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lonelyholiday.livejournal.com
I believe St. James church on Beech Street also takes donations - again, worth calling, but that's closer to Davis than many of the options listed above, if that helps.

Date: 2011-06-07 07:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fefie.livejournal.com
I'm pretty sure the Somerville Homeless Coalition office right in Davis Sq. takes food contributions for their pantry.

Date: 2011-06-07 08:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] m-b-w.livejournal.com
There's a list of what they take here: http://somervillehomelesscoalition.org/donations/FoodToiletriesRequest%202010.pdf . They probably wouldn't mind somebody dropping off a bag that includes these items during their business hours. But, they do ask that donation drop-off is scheduled, which I'm sure is important for larger donations.
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