2013 Ford Escape Hunger Drive

The Franklin Ford dealership is looking to help the Franklin Food Pantry as well as Feeding America with a program they are calling "2013 Ford Escape Hunger Drive".

For every test drive of a new 2013 Ford Escape on Saturday, Sep 8th from 11:00 AM until 3:00 PM, Franklin Ford will make a contribution to Feeding America that will provide 40 meals. Donations to the Franklin Food Pantry will be accepted at Franklin Ford.

2013 Ford Escape Hunger Drive

A test drive will

• gain a donation from Ford to provide 40 meals
• get an entry to win a 2013 Ford Escape

When you go for a test drive, you can drop off a donation for the Franklin Food Pantry!

Update on website

Our domain name issue has been resolved. We are back in service!

You can find us at franklinfoodpantry.org!

If you happen to forget and try franklinfoodpantry.com or franklinfoodpantry.net, no problem, you'll still get here!

Thanks for your patience during this time. We have been continuing to serve our clients during this time. Good food and fresh produce has been provided through the efforts of our volunteers coordinated by our Operations Director, Linda Sottile!


Updated 9/2/12 Noon - email to any of the "@FranklinFoodPantry.org" email addresses were not delivered for approx. a 24 hour period over Sep 1 and ending noontime Sep 2. If you did send something to one of these email addresses, you can resend it now and it will be delivered. Hopefully, given that it was Labor Day weekend, it was very quiet and did not affect too many folks.

The faces of food stamps

Who uses food stamps? Some of your neighbors here in Franklin. Their stories are probably similar to these.

The Food Pantry provides a layer of support to your neighbors. You can help us help them with a donation of food or non-food items, your time or a financial contribution.


Originally posted here and found here

85 Snack Ideas for Kids (and Adults)!

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85 Snack Ideas for Kids (and Adults)!

via 100 Days of Real Food by Lisa on 7/31/12

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Thank you - Liberty Mutual Volunteers

The Franklin Food Pantry thanks the volunteers from Liberty Mutual who helped on June 21st. This group came from Liberty Mutual offices throughout Massachusetts.

There were Liberty Mutual volunteers from the Franklin Office that helped out on June 4th and June 11th.

The Franklin Food Pantry thanks volunteers like these for helping to serve our neighbors. If you would like to help, you can use the sign up form here. If you have a group that could help, you can call the Food Pantry to arrange for a day and time.