Food Resources

If you are hungry and cannot afford to buy food:

• Apply for Food Stamps
  
  Contact The Open Door
  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 12:30 pm to 1:30pm, 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 Community Meals
  Located at 28 Emerson Ave., Gloucester
  Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday (4-5 p.m.)
  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.
  

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