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Food Resources

If you are hungry and cannot afford to buy food:

  • Apply for Food Stamps

    Contact The Cape Ann Food Pantry
    We offer assistance with applying for Food Stamps.
    Contact contact Corinne Holt at 978-283-6776 or corinne@foodpantry.org. Get directions.

    Call the Project Bread Food Source Hotline
    800-645-8333
    For questions about Food Stamps and free and low-cost food resources in your area.

    Go to www.gettingfoodstamps.org.

    Contact the Department of Transitional Assistance
    978-282-1545
    Located at 35 Congress Street, Salem

  • Apply for WIC
    (Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program)
    Call 1-800-WIC-1007
    Located at 180 Main Street, Gloucester

 

     

If you are not eligible for Food Stamps or WIC, are waiting to receive benefits, or are receiving benefits but are still hungry:

  • Get an emergency supply of free food at a food pantry

    The Cape Ann Food Pantry
    978-283-6776
    28 REAR Emerson Avenue, Gloucester
    Hours & Info
    Get directions
    Contact us

    Accord Food Pantry
    978-468-7424 (Call for hours)
    Located at 69 Willow St, Hamilton

    Beverly Bootstraps Food Pantry
    978-922-3295 (Call for hours)
    Located at First Baptist Church
    221 Cabot St, Beverly

    Catholic Charities Food Pantry
    978-740-6923 (Call for hours)
    Located at 280 Washington St, Salem


  • Find a source of low-cost food:

    Buck-a-Bag
    978-283-6776
    28 REAR Emerson Avenue, Gloucester
    Get directions
    Contact us
    Bring your own grocery bag to the Pantry every Friday from 1pm to 2pm, fill it with the items you want and donate a dollar. More Info...

    Cape Ann Serve
    978-283-6776
    Located at 28 Emerson Ave, Gloucester
    Offers a monthly discount food package to people who volunteer to serve their community at least two hours a month. More Info...

If you are not eligible for Food Stamps or WIC, are waiting to receive benefits, or are receiving benefits but are still hungry...

  • Go to a Soup Kitchen/Dinner Program

    Open Door
    Located at 28 Emerson Ave., Gloucester
    Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday
    Doors open at 4 p.m.
    Dinner served from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
    Hours & Info
    Directions

    Harvest Meals Dinner Program

    Tuesdays from 5p.m. to 6 p.m.
    St. John’s Episcopal Church
    48 Middle St, Gloucester, 978-283-1708


    Fridays from 5p.m. to 6 p.m.
    Trinity Congregational Church
    70 Middle St, Gloucester, 978-283-1442


    Salem Mission Soup Kitchen
    978-744-0500
    Located at 7 Crombie St, Salem
    Every day except Mondays and Thursdays, 6:30am, 12:30pm, 6:30pm

    Senior Care
    978-281-1750
    Call for senior lunch sites and meals on
    wheels

Your children may be eligible for Free or Reduced School Lunch

  • If you are interested in School Breakfast and Lunch Programs for your children (Free or low cost) contact their school for further information.