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Giving Back and Coming Together to Fight Food
By lauRa BRusseau
With the price of many living expenses going up, more and more of our neighbors are look- ing for assistance in putting food on the table.
The Greater Newfound area is a region full of generous hearts who are ready to help and serve!
Bristol Community Ser- vices, located at 21 North Main Street across from Cumberland Farms, has a food pantry for residents of Bristol, Bridgewa- ter, Hebron, Groton, and Alex- andria. Community members fill out a quick application and, once approved, can benefit from the food pantry. It is open Mon- day, Wednesday, and Friday from 9 AM to 2 PM. They currently serve seventy to eighty families each month. Generous dona- tions come from community members, the NH Food Bank, Boy Scout groups, and School groups. In addition, the Bristol Hannaford donates to the pan- try each week. BCS is currently looking for donations of cereal.
Danbury Community Center, located at 15 High Street Danbury, has a food pan- try and weekly dinner. These services are open to residents of Danbury and the neighboring towns of Alexandria and Gro- ton.
For the past eight years, Ken- dra Braley, Executive Director of the Community Center and Food Program Manager, has poured her heart into serving the community where she grew up. The Pantry is open on Tues- days from 10 AM to 12 PM and Thursdays 6-8 PM. Generous donations to stock the food bank come from the New London and Bristol Hannafords, The NH Food Bank, Churches in Dan- bury and New London, as well as Boy Scouts and very generous community members. Over the past few months, there has been a rise in those coming for assis- tance. The Center sees about twenty families a week.
The Danbury Community Center hosts a weekly hot din- ner meal on Thursdays at 5:00 PM. The meal is prepared by
Insecurities in our Region
Helping Hands Food Pan- try at Restoration Church Plymouth, located at 319 Highland Street across from the Plymouth Burger King, of- fers a food pantry on Mondays between 10 AM and 2 PM. For more information call 603. 664.3494.
Nonperishable food items, monetary donations, and vol- unteers are always appreciated. Please contact the pantry directly for more information on how to help our neighbors in need.
For more information on the NH Food Bank, a Program of Catholic Charities, please visit www.nhfoodbank.org
Kendra, her sister-in-law Mar- garet, and her friend Chris, and the table preparer is a fantastic community member- Sandra. The suggested donation is $5, with all proceeds going into the food pantry. The dinner has take-out and eat-in options. They are currently seeing about forty community members a week. If you are interested in the dinner, please call Kendra at 603.768.3424. The weekly din- ner will be on hiatus the Thurs- day before Thanksgiving and on Thanksgiving. They are cur- rently in need of donations of cereal and monetary donations for the hot weekly meal.
Community Closest
Food Pantry in Plymouth is
located at 5 Main Street Plym- outh. They are sourced by the NH Food Bank, Plymouth Han- nafords, community members,
civic groups, and local school groups. They are open to the public on Tuesdays and Thurs- days between 9 AM and 12 PM. They serve over 250 families in fifteen communities.
They offer a free hot meal on Thursday evenings at 5 PM in the basement of the Plymouth Congregational Church. Please bring Tupperware in case there are leftovers!
Plymouth Town Square- has a small food pantry for com- munity members the size of a lending library. They encourage community members to drop off food or to take food depending on the circumstance.