All you need to do is drive up, we will unload the donated items from your car and you drive away. It is simple. It’s safe and it’s DOING GOOD!
To help those facing food insecurity in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, we are holding a food and personal care item drive at the Andover/North Andover YMCA on Wednesdays, from 3:00 to 5:00pm. Below is a list of items needed.
FOOD ITEMS:
Cereal (High need item)*
Spaghetti Sauce (High need item)*
Pasta
Spaghetti O’s
Oatmeal
Coffee/Tea
Canned Chicken
Tuna
Fruit cups
Granola bars
Chicken Noodle Soup (No tomato or cream of… )
Beans
Boxed meals
Ramen Noodles
100% juice
PERSONAL CARE ITEMS:
Diapers (Size 5&6 high need item)*
Shampoo/ conditioner
Deodorant
Toothpaste
Soap
Toothbrushes
Baby wipes
Feminine care products
Or please consider making a monetary contribution.
Another great way to help our MVYMCA Food Programs is to host a Pop the Trunk Food Drive in your neighborhood. You decide when and where, we’ll help you create a flyer to spread the word. For more information on how you can organize a food drive for your neighbors, contact Cathy Redard at credard@mvymca.org.
We will be distributing “Grab and Go” suppers from the Lawrence YMCA to continue to feed our youth and teens who came to the Lawrence Y for evening meals. These will be available Monday through Friday from 3:00 to 5:00 pm and with an additional meal available on Friday for the weekend.
The Food Pantry is open Thursdays from 4:00 to 6:00pm.
In the city of Lawrence, 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch – meaning more than three quarters of our students and their families face food insecurity. While these students are provided food during the school day, for many this is their only source of nutrition and once they leave school, they have limited access to healthy food choices. At the YMCA, we aim to fill this gap and increase access to healthy foods while the children are not in school.
Food Pantry: Through a partnership with the Merrimack Valley Food Bank, we purchase food at low cost from Food Bank, supplemented with donations, in order to provide bags of food to children and their families on weekends. Families are invited to choose the food that they prefer from the healthy options that are available. The Food Pantry is open Thursdays from 4:00-6:00pm.
Meals for Teens: Each weeknight, dinner is offered to teens in our YMCA programs. The daily suppers provide teens with time for fellowship as teens sit together, without phones, to eat and connect. By end of last school year, we served 70+ teens daily, the number continues to rise.
Your gift will provide increased access to healthy food choices to our kids and their families by allowing us to purchase more food and personal items and increase outreach and serve more families. To make a financial contribution, please click here or mail to the Lawrence YMCA at 40 Lawrence Street. Thank you for your support.
To donate food or toiletries, please contact Cathy Redard at credard@mvymca.org or deliver to the Lawrence YMCA at 40 Lawrence Street.
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