The Amherst Survival Center

138 Sunderland Rd., North Amherst, MA 01059
Ph: 413-549-3968 · info@amherstsurvival.org

The Amherst Survival Center Welcomes You

Amherst Survival Center

Our programs are open:

Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 11am to 3pm
(Food Pantry and Community Store open til 2:45pm)
Thursday from 11am to 7pm
(Food Pantry and Community Store open til 6:45pm)
3rd Saturday of the Month
Only Food Pantry and Community Store are open 9:30am to 11:30am)
The Center's programs are closed on Wednesdays

Donation Hours
Clothing/household items to the store: M/T/F 10:30am - 2:45pm; Thursday 10:30am-6:30pm
3rd Saturday of the month 9:30am-11:30am
Food to the Food Pantry: M/T/F 9am - 3pm; Thursday 9am-6:30pm
3rd Saturday of the month 9:30am-11:30am

The Amherst Survival Center welcomes everyone to enjoy our Breakfast Bar, Hot Lunch, Fresh Food Distribution, Free Medical Clinic, Community (free) Store—and our Community Center/Volunteer Program.  The Food Pantry is available to eligible individuals. Join us!
Read more about our programs and services

Events Calendar & Newsletter

UPCOMING VOLUNTEER ORIENTATIONS

  • Wednesday, Nov. 28th at 1:00PM
  • Wednesday, Dec. 5th at 1:00pm
  • Monday, Dec. 10th at 9:30am
  • Tuesday, Dec. 18th at 2:30pm
  • Wednesday, Dec. 19th at 1:00pm

SPECIAL EVENTS & PROGRAMS

  • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 11:30AM-12:30PM Flu vaccine clinic;
    3PM-4:30PM Healthy Cooking Class with Joan from Whole Foods!
  • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, ELECTION DAY! Election Day Food Drive at Amherst polling places, 7am to 7pm.
  • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1-2PM, Mobile Food Program, Southpoint Apartments
  • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – The Center is OPEN
  • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2:30PM-4PM Sewing Repair Workshop
  • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16,  12-1PM, TUNES@NOON live music performance with lunch  
  • SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 9:30AM-11:30AM – Food Pantry is Open.
  • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1-2:30PM – Community Thanksgiving Meal at the Immanuel Lutheran Church
  • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 – Amherst Survival Center is closed.

Media Sampler-recent articles of interest

See this new REPORT:  "$2.4 Billion - The Avoidable Health Costs of Hunger in Massachusetts" from Children’s Health Watch and The Greater Boston Food Bank, February 2018

"Proposed budget slashes funding for nutrition programs," Brownfield Ag News for America, 2/16/18

"Trump’s Food Stamp Idea Is Like Blue Apron Had a Socialist Hangover" Politico Magazine, 2/15/18

"From FDR's food stamps to Trump's harvest boxes: The history of helping the poor get enough to eat,"

The Conversation, 2/15/18

"We would literally not survive’: How Trump’s plans for the social safety net would affect America’s poorest," , The Washington Post, 2/14/18

"Poor People Deserve Better Than Food in a Box" , The New York Times, 2/14/18

“America’s Harvest Box” Captures the Trumpian Attitude Toward Poverty",  The New Yorker, 2/14/18

"Penny wise and pound foolish: Proposed SNAP budget cuts will reduce outcomes,", Brookings Institute, 2/13/18

Hunger’s tab in Mass. is $2.4 billion, report says, The Boston Globe, 2/13/18

"Opinion | This provision in Trump's budget infantilizes poor people," The Washington Post, 2/13/18

Opinion | Blue-Apron-style replacement for SNAP is a marvelous idea, The Washington Post, 2/13/18

"Trump's budget hits poor Americans the hardest",  The Washington Post, 2/12/18

"Trump's budget would partly replace food stamp benefits with canned goods"  The Huffington Post, 2/12/18

"Trump Administration Wants To Decide What Food SNAP Recipients Will Get"  NPR, 2/12/18

"Exclusive: Trump administration may target immigrants who use food aid, other benefits" Reuters News Service, 2/8/18

"Perspective | Extreme poverty returns to America" The Washington Post, 12/21/17

"U.N. Investigator On Extreme Poverty Issues A Grim Report — On The U.S." NPR, 12/21/17

‘American Dream’ quickly becoming an ‘illusion,’ says UN human rights expert" UN News, 12/15/17

"A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America" The Guardian, 12/15/17

"Extreme poverty in America: read the UN special monitor's report" , The Guardian, 12/15/17

"3 myths about the poor that Republicans are using to support slashing US safety net" The Chicago Tribune, 12/13/17

"The U.N. Looks At Extreme Poverty In The U.S., From Alabama To California" NPR, 12/12/17

 

Prior articles from 2015-2017, here.

We’re on the Bus Route!

bus route mapYou can take the Number 33 right to our door.
Click here for schedule...

Want to organize a food drive?

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Look at our online tool kit for tips.

 

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