Who uses the Food Pantry?
Typically the Food Pantry distributes foot to 50-80 families each week. Many people who use the Pantry come from Medford, Malden, Everett, and Somerville. Clients represent a diverse group of people in terms of age, race, gender, and national origin. People come for many reasons: elders on fixed incomes, people working fulltime at poverty-level wages, people with disabilities, or people who have lost their jobs. Much of our food goes to children. Who runs the Food Pantry? The volunteers who run the Food Pantry are a coalition of people from the church and from the community. Clients and volunteers are never asked or expected to have any connection to the church. Although the Food Pantry is located in the church and endorsed by it, the Food Pantry is economically self-sufficient and has no religious aspect to it. Volunteering There are between 12-15 regular volunteers who keep the Food Pantry running. Jobs include stocking shelves, staffing the Food Pantry on Thursdays, picking up bread
