Food Resources

Food Pantry Distribution: every 2nd Saturday of the month from 9:00 to 11:00 am.

Phone: (978) 537-2685

Address: 23 West Street, Leominster, MA 01453

ELDER NUTRITION PROGRAM

The Fitchburg Senior Center is a Montachusett Opportunity Council (MOC) Daily Meal site Monday through Friday. Reserve your meal a day before by calling. The daily menu is available at the Senior Center or in the monthly newsletter. Home delivered meals are also available through the MOC Meals on Wheels program. Contact 978-345-8501 to register.

Address: 14 Wallace Avenue, Fitchburg, MA 01420

FITCHBURG FAMILIES FIRST

FFF is a pandemic relief program that will provide food, family necessities, and educational support to students in the Public Schools and their families.

Phone: (978) 956-3140

Address: 185 Elm Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Provide listings of pantries, but also information about: food closets, food banks, soup kitchens, congregate meal locations, food boxes, vouchers, etc.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also administered by DTA. If you have low income and low assets, regardless of your disability status, you can receive a food stamps “credit card” that you use at the grocery store to pay for a certain dollar amount of food every month.

DTA Fitchburg: https://www.mass.gov/locations/dta-fitchburg-

Phone: (978) 665-8700

Address: 49 Nursery Lane, Suite 101, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Food Pantry distribution: Tuesday thru Friday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Provide listings of food pantries.

Phone: (978) 537-1387

Address: 52 Mechanic Street, Leominster, MA 01453

Their mission is to inspire and connect the North Central MA community to create equitable access to healthy food and environmental sustainability through education, collaboration and advocacy and make fresh, healthy food more accessible, affordable and widely consumed.

Email: staff@growingplaces.org

Phone: (978) 598-3723

Address: 325 Lindell Avenue, Leominster, MA 01453

Food Pantry distribution: the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month 9:00 am to 11:00 am unless otherwise noted (due to holidays, etc.).For more information, please call.

Phone: (978) 342-9646

Address: Highland Baptist Church 19 Cedar Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420

LEONA E. FLEMING FOOD PANTRY AT GREEN ACRES

Food Pantry distribution: Mondays and Thursdays 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Tuesdays 11:30 am to 4:30 pm, Wednesdays 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Fridays 8:30 am to 3:00 pm

Phone: (978) 342-8617

Address: 62 Normandy Road, Fitchburg, MA 01420

HIP puts money back on your EBT card* when you use SNAP to buy healthy, local fruits and vegetables from HIP farm vendors.*up to a monthly cap of $40, $60, or $80 depending on your family size.

Phone: (800) 645-8333

OUR FATHER'S HOUSE FOOD PANTRY

Food Pantry Distribution: Wednesday 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

Phone: (978) 345-2256

Address: 40 Boutelle Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Food Pantry Distribution: Monday and Tuesday from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Phone:(978) 342-2978

Address: 1400 Main Street, Leominster, MA 01453

Food Pantry distribution: Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 10:00 am to 1:30 pm. A bag of non-perishable food is allocated to each person every four weeks.

Phone: (978) 534-5164

Address: 26 West Street, Leominster, MA 01453

Always free & confidential for all Massachusetts residents, their expert counselors are ready to assist callers in 180 languages. The FoodSource Hotline provides free, expert assistance in understanding what programs are out there to help you go beyond just making ends meet, stretch your food budget, and reliably feed yourself or your family. They can help you access local food resources and federal nutrition programs. They can tell you if you qualify for SNAP – a.k.a. money for groceries – and help you apply, where you can find free meals for your kids, and many other local food programs.

Phone: (800) 645-8333

Food Pantry Distribution: every 2rd Thursday of the month, 5:00pm to 7:00 pm and

Every 4th Saturday, 8:00 am to 10:00 am.

Phone: (978) 537-1356

Address: 77 Hall Street, Leominster, MA 01453

Food Pantry Distribution: every Monday from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

Phone: (978) 786-7637

Address: 108 Main Street, Leominster, MA 01453

By supplying free fresh produce, canned goods, and healthy frozen items, Salvation Army food pantries provide valuable meal supplementation while helping those in need maintain their independence and dignity.

Phone: (978) 342-3300

Address: 739 Water Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Food Pantry Distribution: Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Phone: (978) 534-3145

Address: 112 Spruce Street, Leominster, MA 01453

UNITED NEIGHBORS OF FITCHBURG

Food Pantry Distribution: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm.

Phone: (978) 342-2069

Address: 18 Fairmount Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420

WIC

Provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income mothers, infants and children up to age five.

Phone: (978) 345-6272

Address: 49 Nursery Lane 2nd floor, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Food Assistance