Tewksbury Community Pantry

"People Helping People"
PAST EVENTS PAGE

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Welcome to the Tewksbury Community Pantry

Past Events, Fundraisers, Food Drives, Etc.

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2019

 

Thank You Tewksbury Lions Club

Thank you to the Tewksbury Lions Club for their 5th Annual Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser which was held on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at the Tewksbury Country Club to benefit the Tewksbury Community Pantry. The sold out event was a huge success!!!


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Thank You to Tewksbury Dental Associates

for running their annual Thanksgiving Food Drive

The Tewksbury Food Pantry is very grateful to Tewksbury Dental Associates for their kindness and hard work running this food drive during this season of giving!

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Thank You

Tewksbury Knights of Columbus

2068 Main Street, Tewksbury, Massachusetts 01876

The Knights did another fabulous job with their food drive and collected a large amount of food that goes directly to the Pantry to feed those Tewksbury residence in need of food.

 

Tewksbury Community Pantry

20th ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

Friday, August 2, 2019

Our 20th golf tournament was a “Hole In One” with outstanding weather and a great time had by all who participated. Thank you to all the volunteers for making baskets, getting raffle items and working the day of the tournament. Thank you to our sponsors, those who donated items for the raffles and the golfers! It takes a village to run this event, and without everyone’s help it would not be as successful as it has been.
A special thanks goes out to Todd Johnson who is the “driving force” year after year. Todd has worked diligently for 20 years to make this golf tournament a fun day for all and a success! Thank you also to the Tewksbury Country Club for another delicious luncheon and a wonderful place to golf! Mark your calendars, next year’s golf tournament will take place on Friday, August 7, 2020!

A thank you to Market Basket for this great Cake!!

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The Tewksbury Post Office Letter Carriers in conjunction with the Tewksbury Community Pantry held their Annual Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 11, 2019. This was another successful drive thank you to all those who donated food items, the letter carriers who picked up food and brought it to the pantry and the volunteers who spent the day receiving food, sorting and stocking shelves.

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TEWKSBURY COMMUNITY PANTRY 2019 ANNUAL MEETING

The Tewksbury Community Pantry annual meeting was held on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 7:00 pm. We are pleased to nominate and welcome two long time board members as our new President and Vice President. In addition, there were 2 outgoing directors and 2 new directors were nominated and approved.

We extend a warm thank you to the outgoing president for heading the board and keeping us on track. We are grateful that you will remain a board member. A warm thank you also to the two outgoing directors for their dedication and service to the pantry as board members and welcome them to continue as volunteers.

Sincerely,

Board of Directors

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2018

THANK YOU TEWKSBURY LIONS CLUB!

The Tewksbury Lions Club held their 4th Annual Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser at the Tewksbury Country Club to benefit the Tewksbury Community Food Pantry on October 23rd to a sold-out crowd. After a delicious meal a generous check was presented to Ray Bowden, our board president. Thank you to the Lions Club for their generous gift and for all their hard work in organizing this great fundraiser!

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THE PANTRY HELD ITS 19TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2018!!!!!

We would like to thank everyone who participated from hole sponsores, volunteers, donors, golfers and those who donated the great items for the rafflle! It was a warm muggy day out there but diehard golfers didn’t care! We would especially like to thank The Tewksbury Country Club for their amazing golf course and the delicious lunch that was served! We are happy to report that our goals for the tournament were reached and then some! We would also like to thank Todd Johnson, our tournament organizer, for all his work to make our tournament such a success every year. We could not do this without him and his team. Next year will be our 20th year, hard to believer, more details will be posted next year! In the meantime, wishing everyone a happy fall!!

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Tewksbury Dental Associates

Held Their Annual Food Drive To Benefit The

Tewksbury Community Pantry

We thank the Tewksbury Dental Associates

for their tireless work serving our community with

their expertise dental practice and

for graciously offering to do another holiday food drive this year to benefit the food pantry!!

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Tewksbury Knights of Columbus

2068 Main Street

Tewksbury, Massachusetts 01876

Thank you again to the Knight of Columbus for another big food drive and their tireless efforts to help the community in need of food assistance!

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The Tewksbury National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Food Drive was held on Saturday, May 12th! Another year, another successful drive despite the rain and chilly temps!

The results were impressive.. 11,676 pounds of usable donated food was collected. We also collected 1,080 lbs of slightly outdated food which we send to the Lowell Shelter’s as they cook everyday and can use up the food quickly.

It was a long wet day, but what a great group of pantry board of director members and volunteers who worked hard to get all the food sorted and put away the same day! The Tewksbury Community Food Pantry would like to thank the Tewksbury Post Office Letter Carriers for the great work in collecting and delivery food. This food drive is our biggest drive and it helps to keep our shelves stocked for the many who come to the pantry once a month for food assistance! We would also like to send a big THANK YOU to everyone in Tewksbury who put out food!!! This drive would not be successful without your help!!!!

 

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TEWKSBURY COMMUNITY PANTRY 2018 ANNUAL MEETING

Our annual meeting of the Tewksbury Community Pantry finally took place on April 11th after several rescheduled dates due to weather.

The Board of Directors of the Tewksbury Community Pantry would like to take this opportunityto thank all our volunteers for their hard work. The Pantry has always been able to meetthe needs of the increasing numbers of Tewksbury residents who require food assistance only because you give so generously of your time and effort.

This was a special meeting as we took time to honor Becky Andrews one of our beloved board members and volunteers who sadly passed away after her long courageous battle with cancer.

The Tewksbury Community Pantry Inc. Board of Directors formally recognized long time volunteer, volunteer coordinator, director, and past board president, Rebecca “Becky” Andrews for her service to the community by naming the volunteer sign in desk area at the Pantry “Becky’s Volunteer Corner”. Becky sadly passed away in June 2017 after a lengthy illness and courageous battle. A plaque and photograph of Becky will be permanently placed at this location in her memory.

The board comments during the presentation to her family included statements recognizing her positive attitude, welcoming approach to all who utilized the Pantry, and her commitment over many years to helping those less fortunate. Moreover, the Pantry culture was influenced by her presence to the extent that this permanent recognition was deemed appropriate by the directors for just the third time in the pantry’s nearly thirty year existence.

(Pictured are Becky’s son Greg, husband David and daughter Lynne showing the plaque and photograph)

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2017

THANK YOU

The Tewksbury Knights of Columbus

The November food drive took place on Saturday, November 18th at the Knights of Columbus in Tewksbury. The drive was a huge success in which 2000 pounds of food was collected and delivered to the pantry. We thank everyone who particiapted in the food drive and all those who donated food. A simple thank you does not seem like enough but please know that your support helps to stock our shelves to feed those in our community in need of food assistance. We continue to be overwhelmed with pride from the generosity and kindness of those in and around our community.

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THANK YOU!

Tewksbury Dental Associates
For running your Annual Food Drive
For
Tewksbury Community Pantry

An amazing amount of food was collected during the food drive in November! All the food collected goes directly to those in need of food assistance in Tewksbury. There is no way to express our deepest gratitude for running this food drive and to all those who donated except to say that many needy families in Tewksbury will benefit from your kindness. Click on their Facebook page for great images of people helping people!!!!

 

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Thank You Tewksbury Lions Club!!!

The Spaghetti Supper was a big success, the food was delicious!! Thank you to everyone who attended and helped support the food pantry!!!

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THE PANTRY HELD ITS 18TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2017!!!!!

We would like to thank all of those who participated in our annual golf tournmanet from hole sponsores, to volunteers, to donors, to golfers to raffle ticket buyers and those who donated items for the rafflle! It was a beautiful sunny day and much fun was had by all! We would especially like to thank The Tewksbury Country Club for their amazing golf course and the delicious lunch that was served! We are happy to report that our goals for the tournament were reached and then some! We would also like to thank Todd Johnson, our tournament organizer, for all his hard work. We could not do this without him and his team. Thank you to Patty Haversat for her great photos! Thank you again and hope to see everyone next year!

 

 

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Tewksbury Pantry Welcomes Cumberland Farms to Tewksbury!

Several Pantry Board Members were on hand at the Cumberland Farms Kickoff Event on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.

 

Cumberland Farms will be running this generous fundraiser to support the pantry until June 21st!

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The 25th Annual Letter Carriers’
Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive took place on Saturday, May 13, 2017

We would like to thank everyone who helped! Without the effort made to publicize this food drive, the benefit to the pantry might be minimal. It was a long day and we are thankful that the weather held out. We had great volunteers show up and with the help of everyone, all the food received was sorted and put away.

Millions of Americans live from one day to the next uncertain where their next meal will come from—a sad statistic that helps to reinforce the importance of the annual National Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive

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TEWKSBURY COMMUNITY PANTRY 2017 ANNUAL MEETING HELD The Tewksbury Community Pantry's 2017 Annual Meeting took place on Wednesday, March 1st. Our board president conducted the meeting and thanked all who attended. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our volunteers for their hard work and dedication. The Pantry has always been able to meet the needs of the increasing numbers of Tewksbury residents who require food assistance only because you give so generously of your time and effort.

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2016

More Than Vegetables~Tewksbury Library Community Garden Donates $1k!

Members of the Tewksbury Library Community Garden came together to present a check to the Tewksbury Food Pantry President, Ray Bowden, for $1,000. Through the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers, and with the support of the library staff and the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library, the garden provided approximately 850 pounds of produce from June through November. Toma­toes, potatoes, squash, cucumbers, herbs, beans and kale are just some of the vegetables distributed. A huge kudos goes out to our Pantry Board Member, Jennifer Karp, for coordinating this effort with the Library.

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POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE (PAL) MAKES A $500
DONATION TO THE TEWKSBURY FOOD PANTRY

On Wednesday, November 16th, Deputy Chief John S. Voto presented a $500 donation to Ray Bowden, President of to the Tewksbury Community Pantry. The donation was made by PAL to
help support the Pantry’s holiday food distributions. The Tewksbury Community Pantry would
like to thank PAL for this generous donation which will go towards stocking our shelves.

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Tewksbury Dental Associates
1438 Main Street
Tewksbury, MA 01876
(978) 851-7890

Annual Food Drive

For Tewksbury Community Pantry

We thank everyone who participated in donating and coordinating the the Tewksbury Dental Associates Annual Food Drive. An abundance of food was donated!

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THEY CAME AND BROUGHT THEIR APPETITES!

The Tewksbury Lions Club and the Tewksbury Sons of Italy hosted a Spaghetti Supper as a fundraiser in support of the Tewksbury Community Food Pantry on Tuesday, October 22, 2016 at the Tewksbury Country Club. The ballroom was packed, the smell of pasta and meatballs was mouth watering and the desserts where yummy! But the highlight of the evening was the effort that both the Sons of Italy and the Lions Club put forth for a very successful fundraiser. The Tewksbury Food Pantry would like to thank both of these amazing organizations for their hard work and their generous donation! We would also like to thank the Tewksbury Country Club for their delicious Spaghetti, Meatballs, Salad and Dessert!

GRAZIE To ALL!!!!

Tewksbury Community Pantry's 17th Annual Golf Tournament

Friday, August 5, 2016.

We are happy to report another successful tournament took place on a beautiful summer day! Thank you to everyone who golfed, participated, donated and volunteered to make this a great fundraiser! A special thank you goes out to the Tewksbury Country Club and their staff for their hard work, delicous luncheon and extraordinatry accommodations!

 

Thank You to the Bill Gilman's Fundraiser

Success to Bill Gilman's (Publisher for Your Tewksbury Today) on his quest to lose weight!

Mr. Gilman had volunteered to use his weight loss endeavor, "Project 250", as a fundraiser for the Tewksbury Community Food Pantry. We received approximately $1235.00 in pledges.

Thank you Bill for your hard work and to all those who made pledges and supported Bill in his courageous quest! As of October 1, 2016, Bill lost 100 pounds!

GREAT WORK BILL!!!!

 

 

US Postal Service National Association of Letter Carriers
24th Annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive
which was held on Saturday, May 14, 2016

Thank you to everyone for another successful US Postal Service National Association of Letter Carriers food drive! Once again our advertising efforts were essential in helping get the word out around the community. It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of great volunteers (many who return every year for this event and some new faces too). Our volunteers work very hard collecting and sorting food, checking dates and stocking shelves, we could not accomplish this without you. It was a great team effort and we collect approximately 10,636 pounds of food. We would like to note that, unfortunately, people continue to donated old and expired food. Of the 10,636 lbs collected on Saturday, we had 1300 lbs of old food that we had to discard, 1500 lbs of expired food and 7,836 lbs of usable food items. We will continue to remind people to check for expiration dates before they donate.

Tewksbury Community Pantry

Board of Directors

 

2015

THANK YOU!

Several successful food drives from our generous sponsors took place over the last few months. We are very fortunate to so many in our community. Thank you for all your hard work in putting together these food drives! The food collected goes directly to our clients during our monthly distributions.

  • Trahan and Heathbrook Elementary Schools
  • Tewksbury Family Dental
  • *Tewksbury K of C Food Drive
  • RTN Raytheon Credit Union Food Drive
  • Tewksbury High School
    O’Connor Studios, Tewksbury, MA
  • Tewksbury Red Roses - Red Hat Society

A special thank you goes out to TMHS National Honor Society for partnering with the Pantry on Let's Make a Difference Day. They collected 289 pounds of food & $177 at the Oakdale Market Basket on Saturday, October 24th.

*The Tewksbury Knights of Columbus Food Drive on November 14, 2015 was a big success! There was enough food donated to fill about 15 boxes of food. Thank you to all those who participated, volunteered and donated!

 

BENISSIMO!
Thank you to the Tewksbury Lions Club and the Tewksbury Country Club for sponsoring a Spaghetti Supper to benefit the Pantry. Also, thank you so very much to the Lions for their gracious donation. The event was a big success and the food was delicious!

SOLD OUT SOLD OUT SOLD OUT

 

 

 

National Postal Food Drive
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Volunteers needed (at the pantry) between the hours of 2:00 - 7:00 pm

 

2014

2014 Tewksbury Golf Tournament info

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