The Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry offers a special
program called Kids First which provides food to families with school age
children during the summer months.
“Many families receive free or reduced price breakfast and
lunch during the school year, but this help is not available during the
summer,” explains Maureen Miller, Operations Director at the Wakefield
Interfaith Food Pantry. “The Kids First Program provides some “kid friendly”
food items to help replace those meals.”
Interested families should go the food pantry during open
hours (Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, and Thursday between 6:00
pm and 8:00 pm) to register and choose their food. Families are able to shop twice per month.
The pantry has partnered with Shaws in Wakefield which has
generously agreed to provide food items to the pantry at a low cost and delivers
the food as well. In addition to the
regular stock, families will find juice boxes, fruit cups, pudding cups,
breakfast bars, pancake mix, cookies and crackers, bread, Nutella spread,
freeze pops and fresh fruit.
For more information about the Summer Kids First Program,
please call the food pantry at 781.245.2510 or email: kidsfirst@wifoodpantry.org.
