Your Support Lifts a Community

Roughly 1 in 12 people in Plymouth cannot be sure day to day where their next meal will come from. The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) partners with 10 agencies in town, ranging from food pantries and meal programs to shelters and day care facilities. These agencies reach an average of 2,400 food-insecure people every month.

In total, GBFB distributed over half a million pounds of food—equivalent to more than 400,000 healthy meals—to hunger-relief agencies in Plymouth last year. The Plymouth Salvation Army alone received 112,199 pounds of nutritious food—the equivalent of about 94,000 meals—from GBFB in 2017, more than any other agency in Plymouth.

The Salvation Army’s pantry and meal program serves a combined 475 people in need every month.

“Since I first started [5 years ago] to now, I see a lot more families that are utilizing us to help them get by,” said Carolyn Melchionna, social services coordinator at the Plymouth Salvation Army. “We’re that little bit of extra something they need to get through the month.”

Your donation helps us provide nutritious food to families like Joan’s, and seniors like sisters Joanne, 81, and Elaine, 78.

“My sister and I live on social security, but sometimes that just doesn’t cut it. Everything we get, we put to use. The food pantry gets us through the month.” – Joanne, 81 Plymouth Salvation Army food pantry client.