Tag: Food drive

Happy Humpback November News

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Reblogged from Happy Humpback Newsletter


Greetings!
We have a lot going on this November! We will be having a food drive for the Open Door ahead of Thanksgiving as well as new menu items! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok to make sure you don’t miss out on any news or promos in real time! Here are some of the highlights to look out for!

Happy Humpback Food Drive

With Thanksgiving and winter holidays on the horizon, we’re going to hold a food drive to support the mission of The Open Door, the area’s leading hunger-relief organization.
Our food collection site will benefit people right here in our community.
Last year, The Open Door distributed 1.78 MILLION pounds of food—that’s
1.48 MILLION meals—to 8,486 people.

We are looking to raise 200 lbs of food this drive. To help us reach our goal, we are also having a competition amongst our Happy Humpback team to see who can raise the most food! But to make sure we reach our goal and help out as many people as possible, we are asking for your help donating food.

The Open Door’s most-needed items are canned chicken and tuna, peanut butter, healthy snacks, 100% juice/juice boxes, breakfast cereal, hearty soups, and canned fruits and veggies. They are requesting no glass containers or packaging for these items.

The Open Door serves people in Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester, Essex, Ipswich, Topsfield, Rowley, Boxford, Hamilton and Wenham, with mobile sites in Danvers in Lynn. Thousands of local people rely on their programs to help make ends meet. This holiday season, you can help The Open Door serve our neighbors by dropping off a bag of food into our collection bin at our cafe. You can drop off food any time during our normal business hours, 6am through 2pm, Wednesday through Sunday from November 1st though November 20th.

To find out more about Open Door’s mission and the many wrap-around nutrition programs they provide, visit FOODPANTRY.org.

GHS Boys⚽ GHS Girls⚽ soccer GAMES + SENIOR NIGHT + FOOD DRIVE November 13 #GloucesterMA

Posted on by Catherine

Mark your calendars, news from the soccer boosters:

GHS Boys Soccer and GHS Girls Soccer SENIOR NIGHT will take place on Friday, November 13 at the 4:00pm Varsity Game.  A food drive for The Open Door has been scheduled for this date.

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TOGETHER WE CAN SET THE TABLE FOR LOCAL FAMILIES

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

My friend Nicole Duckworth is part of the Open Door’s Turkey Team, a group of individuals collectively raising funds for the Open Door’s Thanksgiving drive. Nicole has raised $250.00 towards her $500.00 goal. Please help Nicole help local families. Thirty dollars buys a family a turkey dinner, complete with all the fixings. You can donate by clicking here. Thank you!

Nicole writes:

“Join me making a real difference.

Even a small donation will go a long way to helping me meet my fundraising goal for The Open Door — and we’ll be making the holidays so much brighter for our neighbors in need. Every $30 provides a basket, so whether you give $10 or $100, we’ll be helping local families set their holiday tables.

Thank you!”

There are more people than ever this year who need our community’s help with Thanksgiving. Working with all the Turkey Team members, the Open Door’s  goal is to raise $10,000.00.  Read more about how you can help here:

Help The Open Door Provide Holiday Meal Baskets

Start a fundraiser to provide families who struggle to make ends meet with all the fixings to prepare their own festive holiday meals

We’re asking a few of our key partners to rally their friends, family, and networks to help us provide Holiday Meal Baskets to families who struggle to make ends meet.

We invite you to help us collectively raise $10,000 for Holiday Meal Baskets this season. Set your own fundraising goal to help us get there. When you join The Open Door’s Turkey Team, you can help these families uphold their own family traditions by preparing their own home-cooked holiday dinners — and you’ll help your friends feel good about doing good!

Starting a meal-basket fundraiser is easy to do — and it’s fun. We’ll give you all the tools you’ll need. With your help, we’ll be able to make the holidays so much brighter for our neighbors in need.

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O’Maley Innovation Middle School Food Drive for Open Door Food Pantry

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Food Drive for Open Door Food Pantry

O’Maley Innovation Middle School students participated in an all-school food drive for the Open Door Food Pantry for two weeks prior to Thanksgiving. Over 1400 pounds of items were gathered to help families in need. The O’Maley SAILS program (Service, Integrity, Acceptance, Leadership, Success) emphasizes Service in our community and this year’s annual food drive was a wonderful opportunity for students to put the school community’s values into practice. It was a great success!

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1 Free Personal Training Session and 2 Hours Gymazing Child Care With One Grocery Bag of Non-Perishable Items At The MAC

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Donate one grocery bag of non-perishable items to Manchester Athletic Club and receive-
(1) Personal Training Session &
(2) hours of child care in our Gymazing! Center.
All non-perishables will be donated to The Open Door Food Pantry!
www.foodpantry.org
Donations accepted November 1st – 19th

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Discounted Shopping, Holiday Treats & Hot Chocolate This Friday in Rockport!

Posted on by S.D. Kelly

Big stuff in Rockport tomorrow night, December 9th, from 4 to 8pm! Over 30 (thirty!) stores throughout downtown Rockport will be offering discounts and promotions for holiday shoppers. The Old Firehouse Trust in Dock Square will be open serving hot chocolate, coffee and homemade holiday treats. And so that you can do two good deeds at once by shopping local and donating to the food pantry, donations of canned goods can be dropped off at The Old Firehouse Trust building as well.  All donations of food benefit The Open Door, Cape Ann’s food pantry. Come enjoy the festivities and a fun night in downtown Rockport during this holiday season! Feel free to print out this handy shopping map to bring along with you so that you know what’s available tomorrow night – and don’t forget to stop in at The Old Firehouse to make your donation and enjoy something warm to drink!

Just download and print for your Rockport Shopping Guide!

Food Drive for The Open Door!

 

"Kids are Home, Kids are Hungry" Food Drive Month of July at Addison Gilbert Hospital

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

"Kids are Home, Kids are Hungry" Food Drive Month of July at Addison Gilbert Hospital
to assist The Open Door Summer Lunch Program

Items being collected:
Canned fruits and vegetables, healthy soups, rice, pasta, cereal,
peanut butter, jelly, oatmeal, canned beans, juice, canned meats,
tuna, healthy snacks, granola bars, spaghetti sauce, and other
healthy, low-salt foods.
All items must be non-perishable.  Please, no glass containers.
Containers are located in the at Telecommunications at Addison Gilbert Hospital.
                       

Thank you for your consideration to help!