2012 Holiday Basket Program a Success!

This year we continued our program to provide wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas meals to our clients!

Our Thanksgiving meal consisted of a choice of turkey or ham, cranberry sauce, canned vegetables, stuffing, potatoes, onions, fresh fruit donated by Lisatano Fruit which included apples, oranges and pineapples, frozen pies and rolls.  We gave out approximately 140 meals.

Our Christmas meal consisted of pork tenderloin, canned and fresh vegetables, rolls, potatoes and frozen pies.  We gave out approximately 105 Christmas meals.  Our local Shaw’s Supermarket provided a lot of this food at low cost and even delivered it to us for distribution.

Over  40 volunteers cheerfully served those who visited us over a couple days to receive their meal.  Both meals were well received by our clients who were grateful to have this additional help during the holidays.

The  photo is of Pat Hardacker (Holiday Meal Coordinator), Julie Theriault (Board President), and Marge White (volunteer) preparing to distribute a holiday meal.

Cheer On the Food Pantry for This Year’s Souper Bowl of Caring!

No matter which team is your favorite for the upcoming Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013, we all win when we root for the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry (WIFP) during the Souper Bowl of Caring drive!

WIFP is encouraging everyone in the community to collect monetary donations and much needed food items to stock the pantry shelves during The Souper Bowl of Caring which is a national endeavor to use the energy of the Super Bowl to mobilize youth in a united effort to care for people in their local communities who are hungry and those in need. Super Bowl weekend – the first Sunday in February – can be nation's largest celebration of giving and serving – if we all participate!

The WIFP leadership and volunteers are asking businesses, churches, and other organizations to offer special promotions to their clients and members to spark donations. In addition, families and friends who host Super Bowl parties are encouraged to ask their guests to make financial donations or bring a couple of cans of food to the get-togethers on February 3, 2013, Super Bowl Sunday.  

Most needed food items can be seen on the WIFP website:  http://www.wifoodpantry.org/wi_mostneededfood.html.

Food items collected can be dropped off at the WIFP Drop Off Box located on the lower level of the Americal Civic Center during open hours or at the Town Hall Drop Off Box. (Be sure that you don’t donate food that has expired!) Any financial donations can be mailed to the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry at P.O. Box 1624, Wakefield, MA 01880.

For more information about participating in The Souper Bowl of Caring at the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry, please email the WIFP at fooddrive@wifoodpantry.org.