Above, Mary Diehl, representing a volunteer group from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints in Franklin, and her daughter have been among the many many volunteers who helped kind donated meals in the course of the Franklin Letter Service’s Stamp Out Starvation Meals Drive to profit the Franklin Meals Pantry on Could 10, 2025.
The Franklin Meals Pantry and Franklin Letter Carriers held the annual “Stamp Out Starvation” meals drive, on Saturday, Could 10, 2025.
The town-wide occasion, led by the letter carriers, raised practically 9,000 kilos of meals and home goods, which equates to roughly 7,500 meals, for people and households who’re experiencing starvation and monetary hardship in Franklin, Massachusetts.
The outpouring of assist comes at a essential time for The Pantry. Demand for the nonprofit’s packages and providers continues to extend, and the neighborhood’s assist is important to assembly the rising want.
The Pantry started preparations for this 12 months’s Stamp Out Starvation in October 2024. Volunteers, together with youth teams, native companies, homes of worship, and retirement communities volunteered their time to assemble Stamp Out Starvation bundles that included directions and a paper bag, donated by Allegra Print and Advertising and Central Paper Firm, Inc. Every week previous to the occasion, letter carriers delivered the bundles to roughly 6,000 households in Franklin. On Could 10, 2025, Franklin residents left donations of nonperishable meals and items by their mailboxes for letter carriers to gather alongside their route. Letter carriers introduced the objects to the Franklin Senior Middle the place volunteers arrange stations to kind and manage the donations. The objects can be distributed to shoppers by The Pantry’s a number of meals help packages together with Inside Procuring, House Supply, Cellular Pantries, Weekend Backpacks, Curbside Distribution, and extra.
“Stamp Out Starvation performs an important position in offering much-needed assist to neighbors dealing with meals insecurity and helps guarantee The Pantry can present nutritious meals for people and households main as much as the summer season months,” stated Anne McGillis, Operations Director, Franklin Meals Pantry. “We lengthen a heartfelt thanks to our wonderful letter carriers, the Franklin Senior Middle for generously offering area for the immense enterprise of receiving and sorting the donations, our devoted volunteers who gave their time main as much as and on the day of the occasion, and the Franklin neighborhood for his or her ongoing generosity. It actually takes a village to fight meals insecurity, and the overwhelming participation makes a tangible and profound distinction within the lives of so many.”
People, households, and companies who didn’t obtain a Pantry bundle or who didn’t have a possibility to take part in Stamp Out Starvation can convey donations to the
Franklin Meals Pantry, 341 W Central St. in Franklin, and place objects within the purple bin on the loading dock behind the constructing. Gadgets will also be shipped immediately by The Pantry’s Amazon Want Checklist.
Particular due to the numerous people and teams who volunteered to assist make this 12 months’s Stamp Out Starvation successful together with Benchmark Senior Dwelling at Forge Hill,
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Coldwell Banker Realty Franklin/Cumberland Regional Workplace, Dell Applied sciences, The Enclave of Franklin, Eversource Power, First Universalist Society in Franklin, Franklin Federated Church, Franklin Excessive Faculty Boys Soccer Crew, G&C Plumbing, Inc., The Language and Habits Middle (TLBC) New England, Liberty Mutual Insurance coverage, Milford Excessive Faculty Soccer Crew, Sensata Applied sciences, Station 117 Condominium Group, UDR Condominium Group.
Stamp Out Starvation 2026 will happen rain or shine on Saturday, Could 9! To volunteer as a person or group to assist The Pantry with this or different upcoming occasions, please full a volunteer software on-line: https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/get-involved/volunteer/.
Volunteers from Benchmark Senior Dwelling at Forge Hill assemble Stamp Out Starvation bundles that embrace directions and a paper bag, donated by Allegra Print and Advertising and Central Paper Firm, Inc. Franklin Letter Carriers distributed 6,000 bundles to Franklin residents every week previous to the Could 10, 2025, meals drive.
The Franklin Meals Pantry, Inc. provides supplemental meals help, family requirements, and useful resource referrals to greater than 1,800 people per 12 months. The Pantry depends on donations and grants to buy objects and pay for every day operations, and partnerships with The Larger Boston Meals Financial institution, Spoonfuls, and native grocery shops to attain better shopping for energy and decrease prices. Packages embrace Inside Procuring, Stroll-in Procuring, Curbside Pickup, Emergency Meals Luggage, Cellular Pantries, House Supply, Youngsters’ Snack Luggage, Weekend Backpacks, Vacation Meals, and the SNAP match at Franklin Farmers Market. The Pantry is a 501(c)3 non-profit group in good standing in Massachusetts, acknowledged by Charity Navigator as a 4-Star Charity, and awarded GuideStar’s Platinum Transparency rating. The Pantry is positioned at 341 W Central St. in Franklin, MA on Route 140. Please go to www.franklinfoodpantry.org for extra info.
