ROTARY DONATION: The Rotary Club of Amherst announced that it is awarding the second annual Rotary Club of Amherst Community Grant in the amount of $25,000 to the Amherst Survival Center. The grant money will be used for the building and outfitting the kitchen in the new facility which is due to break ground in September, 2012.
The Amherst Survival Center welcomes everyone to enjoy our Hot Lunch, Fresh Food Distribution, Free Medical Clinic, Free Store--and our Community Center/Volunteer Program. You will find us open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 am to 3 pm, except Thursdays when we stay open until 7 pm. Free Hot Lunch is served from noon to 1 pm, prepared by volunteers in our kitchen. We are closed Wednesdays.
Our Fresh Food Distribution--vegetables, fruit and fresh baked goods – is available to everyone from 11 am to 1 pm on our days open. Our Food Pantry —stocked with canned goods, meats and other perishables---is open to those who come to us from the following list of towns: Amherst, Belchertown, Deerfield, Granby, Hadley, Leverett, Pelham, Shutesbury, South Deerfield, Sunderland and Whately. Read more about our programs and services.
One in 10 Hampshire and Franklin County residents don’t know where their next nutritious meal might be coming from. Click on this link for a great tool from Feeding America to understand more about what’s happening in our own country.
BAKED GOODS AND FRESH PRODUCE, donated by local companies, are distributed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 11 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.
