Bak Chiropractic Hosts Successful Souper Bowl of Caring Drive

Bak Chiropractic of Wakefield hosted another successful Souper Bowl of Caring food drive to benefit the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry. During the week of February 13th, Bak Chiropractic offered incentives to new clients and current patients to bring in much needed food items to stock the pantry shelves. The result was over 100 bags of food to help our neighbors in need.

In the photo: Dr. Jennifer Bak, Emmie Grace Mayne, and Dr. Neil Hutchinson

Thank You to Shaw's and Hannafords Supermarkets for Holiday 2011 Donations

Shaw’s and Hannaford Supermarkets played a major role in making the holidays a little merrier for our Wakefield neighbors in need with holiday food programs that benefited the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry.

Shaw’s made up grocery bags of food items worth $5, $10 and $15 dollars which customers could purchase. Shaw’s was able to collect 4,000 pounds of food from their generous customers.

Hannaford Supermarkets filled boxes of food which contained a variety of items most needed by families, including macaroni and cheese, cereal, oatmeal, hearty soups and vegetables. Hannaford delivered 172 boxes which the pantry then provided to Wakefield residents in need.

“We are incredibly blessed to have these stores on our side as we strive to keep our shelves stocked,” said Maureen Miller, WIFP Director of Operations. “In addition to being so supportive during the holidays, Shaw’s and Hannaford also help throughout the year.”

Citizens' Scholarship Foundation Sponsors Food Drive, Feb 13-25, 2012

Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of Wakefield (CSF) is sponsoring a Food Drive for the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry (WIFP) from Monday, February 13th through Saturday, February 25th. During that period, please support the WIFP by dropping off non-perishable food donations to our CSF office, at the Americal Civic Center, 467 Main Street, 1st Floor, Wakefield. Also we invite all participants and spectators who attend our 20th Annual CSF Trivia Team Challenge on Saturday, February 25th, 7-10 p.m. at the Americal Civic Center to bring along donations to the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry to help our “Friends and Neighbors in Need”. The Trivia Challenge is a unique event that combines a 100-question battle of quick recall with an evening filled with fun, food, raffles and free refreshments (and a cash bar), all for a great cause.

Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of Wakefield, a Chapter of Dollars for Scholars, was founded in 1960. Its purpose is to provide financial assistance to needy residents of Wakefield in their full time pursuit of higher education. Applications for need-based scholarships from the Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of Wakefield for the 2012-2013 academic year are now available to be downloaded from the CSF website www.csfofwakefield.org. Please contact Roberta DiNitto in the CSF office at (781) 245-4890 for further information or by email at csfofwakefield@earthlink.net.

Wakefield High Music Boosters Donate to Food Pantry

The WHS Music Boosters donated some big money to the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry for the fourth consecutive year. The group recently presented a check for $1,000 to share some of their earnings from the popular Polar Express event which they organize each December during the holiday season.

The WIFP gratefully accepts this generous gift and thanks the WHS Music Boosters for their support. In addition to the Polar Express fundraiser, the Marching Band students, under the direction of Tom Bankert, host a very successful food drive each September.

Photo:
Briana Chiodi, Nick Ansaldi (Polar Express Coordinator), Wendy Dennis (WIFP Board President), Rosanne Phillips (Saturday Food Drive Coordinator), Matt Stanley and Gina Ansaldi.

WIFP Open 2nd & 4th Saturdays!

Did you know that the food pantry is open the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. - noon?

If you've collected some food during the past few weeks or have some Souper Bowl of Caring donations to drop off, swing by on February 11 or February 25!

Wakefield Basketball Association Gets Off to a Fast Start Donating to Souper Bowl of Caring

The boys and girls Wakefield Basketball teams have been busy gathering and delivering food items to the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry as part of their contributions to the Souper Bowl of Caring campaign. Over 800 items have already been collected which will help at least 40 families and individuals in need.

Many thanks to Lisa Butler who is coordinating the effort for the WBA, to WHS sophomore Mike Keegan, to Willem and Nathan Hendriks, for their volunteerism, and to all the families and players mobilized to help our neighbors in need.

The Souper Bowl of Caring is a national effort to mobilize communities, especially the youth, to fight hunger in their cities and towns. The vision is to transform Super Bowl weekend – the first Sunday in February – into a huge endeavor to collect and donate money and food items to local food pantries during the week leading up to the big game. Local participants can share in the national effort by registering their groups at http://www.souperbowl.org/.

In photos:

WBA players and Sixth Graders at Galvin Middle School, Henry Stikeman, Bobby Keegan, and Luke Hendriks, help collect, deliver and sort food items as part of the Souper Bowl of Caring to support the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry. These players are also active in the Galvin Community Service Club.

Patrick Bertini and Jake Hinchey, WBA players and Sixth Graders at Galvin Middle School involved in the Community Service Club, share their time and muscles in collecting and stacking food items for the Souper Bowl of Caring to benefit the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry.