Sudbury Food Pantry

Feeding The Hungy in Metro West

Gaining Ground and Saltbox Farms Partners in Produce

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One of the top requests by our clients is for fresh produce. Our partners, Gaining Ground and Saltbox Farm, both in Concord, have been fulfilling that request for years. Cooking at home is even more rewarding with great ingredients, and fresh produce can’t be beat for taste and health. We thank both of these great organizations for picking organic produce in the morning, washing it, and bringing it to us for distribution, all in the same day, throughout the growing season. Now that’s fresh! Thank you!

Two wonderful farmers from Saltbox Farm on their last delivery before the Autumn frost.
Rows of produce grown at Gaining Ground.

Keller Williams Reality Boston Northwest Food Drive For The Sudbury Food Pantry!

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There are some very creative ways to conduct a Food drive and Ann Hincks from Keller Williams Reality Boston Northwest employed one. Ann distributed over 100 tote bags and asked her neighbors to fill them. Then on a predetermined day Ann and her team went around and picked them up and sorted them according to product type. The pictures above complete the story. A great help to the pantry in filling in holes in our acquisition pipeline. Thank you!

Ed Gottmann, Founder of The Sudbury Community Food Pantry, Has Passed Away.

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Edward J. Gottmann, 80, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully in the surroundings of his home on Friday, January 8, 2021, with his wife, daughter, and son in-law at his side.

(Letter sent to Ed on January 4.)

Dear ED,

I have been thinking about you and how much I admire what you have done for the Town of Sudbury. They are very fortunate to have you as a resident. You have touched many lives I suspect more than you realize, Many many people , too many to count would not have volunteered to help the residents of Sudbury if it were not for your tenacity of not letting go until they signed on the bottom line for: Fish , Mr. Fix-it, Meals on wheels, sand bucket, etc. I personality thank you for 30years ago at the June 2001 RMA meeting when you asked for a volunteer to stock shelves at the Food pantry. A place I did not know existed. I am still involved. George may have told you about the outpouring of generosity of donations this year. I just received the 2020 numbers and it was the busiest in history. I would not be writing about The Sudbury Community Food pantry, which means so much too many if it were not for you. To this day, your name is associated with the pantry. I want to let you know your pantry is in very good hands. We will keep it on course.

You truly have made a difference in the town of Sudbury. Thanks ED.

Sincerely,

Pat Mullen
Executive Director Emeritus
President BOD

Food Donation From Gaining Grounds

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Freshly picked and packed from the fields of gaining grounds of concord. These seasonal fresh vegetables found there way to the subury community food pantry weekly where they were distributed to worthly clients to be shared with their families. A special thank you goes out to polly who cheerfully delivers these fresh produce to us each week.

Food Donation From Saltbox Farm

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It was a bountiful season for fresh vegetables thanks to the generosity of Saltbox farms. The sudbury community food pantry and our clients are greatful to doug, jeff and the saltbox farms’ staff as well as growers like cam , pictured below. It is the end of the growing season but we look forward to new plantings and continuing donations in the spring of 2021.