Successful Longmeadow Food Drive

LongmeadowBiz and LCTV want to thank all of the people who stopped by the Longmeadow Big Y parking lot this past rainy Saturday to drop off their food donation for the Longmeadow Food Pantry. You can be assured that the Longmeadow Adult Center will make sure that this food is given to needy individuals and families in our community.

(l-r, Dave Bartlett, LCTV Station Manager + Jim Moran, LongmeadowBiz
delivering donated food to Ellen Gold, Program Coordinator- Longmeadow Food Pantry)

On tonight's NBC Nightly News, it was reported that 17 million households or 14% of the people in the United States now have difficulty putting food on their table sometime during the year. Below is the video clip with this news story...

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If you missed the opportunity on Saturday to donate but still want to do so.... contributions are accepted at the Longmeadow Adult Center, 231 Maple Road on Monday - Friday from 9 am - 3 pm.

Food Drive- November 14

LongmeadowBiz and LCTV are co-sponsoring a food drive for the benefit of the new Longmeadow Food Pantry on November 14 from 10 am - 3 pm in the rear of the Big Y parking lot. Look for the LCTV mobile unit.

LCTV and LongmeadowBiz wish to thank Longmeadow residents in advance for making this food drive a great success!

For additional information on this great new resource in our town, please view the recent video interview with Karen Michelman, Director- Longmeadow Adult Center and Ellen Gold, program coordinator that was posted on this blog.

Longmeadow Food Pantry

With all of the press about the “affluence” of Longmeadow residents we sometimes forget that there are people that live in our town on a fixed income that cannot afford continuing increases in their property taxes and other living expenses without giving up something or doing with less.

It was recently announced that the Longmeadow Adult Center has started a Food Pantry for needy town residents- what a great addition to the services already provided by an underfunded and sometimes under appreciated resource in our town. The new Food Pantry will be affliliated with the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and will obtain additional items from this organization for distribution in our town.

The Longmeadow Food Pantry is now accepting donations of non-perishable food, personal care items and paper goods between 9 am – 3 pm every weekday at the Longmeadow Adult Center at 231 Maple Road (Greenwood Center).

As part of the National Day of Service & Remembrance on Friday, September 11 donations will be accepted from 9 am – 3:30 pm (extended hours) at Longmeadow Adult Center. Please consider stopping by on this day with your contribution to kick off this new service.

Further details about Longmeadow Food Pantry and its operation will be announced in the coming weeks. Call 565-4150 with questions. Thank you for your support!