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Our Mission

PACH provides Pepperell residents in need with a caring, compassionate resource to meet their basic needs, including food, personal care items, and referrals to resources for additional assistance.

If you need food or support to get through a difficult time, or if you know someone who does, please call or email PACH Outreach.

If you want to help by donating food, money, or your time, please see our donation and volunteer pages.

Events

  • Mark your Calendars!
    This year's Postal Food Drive will be held on Saturday, May 12th. Residents of Pepperell may place bags of non-perishable, unexpired groceries in or near their mailboxes before mail delivery that day. Postal workers will pick them up during delivery, and PACH volunteers will assist the Post Office in delivering the donated food items to the PACH pantry.
  • PACH Outreach will continue to help with Fuel Assistance applications through April 30, 2012. Call 978-925-9770 for an appointment.
  • Nissitisset Middle School held a huge food drive through the end of March and first two weeks in April to help stock the pantry for spring. They delivered scores of boxes and bags of food to the pantry on Friday, April 13th. Thanks to school nurse Linda Friend for once again coordinating the school's drive, to students, teachers, and families for their donations, and to the eighth graders who helped get the food into the pantry.
  • North Middlesex Regional High School will hold a food drive in April to benefit both the Pepperell and Townsend pantries. Thanks to participating high school staff and students.
  • Our most recent general Food Drive was held at Donelan's on Saturday, March 10th. Hundreds of items were donated to the pantry by the generous residents and shoppers in Pepperell. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATED and to the volunteers who collected and delivered the food and paper goods to the pantry.
  • PACH's annual Paper Turkey Drive and 2011 Holiday Dinner Baskets were a huge success. For details see the story on our News page.

**Volunteers Needed**

PACH is currently looking for additional pantry help and a co-coordinator for the pantry, as well as for people willing to add their names to our email list of "Occasional Volunteers" for help with food drives, fundraisers, and substitutes for regular volunteers. If you can help--even for only one day a year or one day a month--please see our volunteer page for details.

Visit Our New Location!

The PACH pantry and office moved in April 2011 to the old Peter Fitzpatrick School at the Pepperell rotary. You will find us at the far right entrance, in the single-story annex. Directions and hours are here.

Thank you to the Knights of Columbus, who hosted us in their building for many years and to Dr. Marshall and the North Middlesex Regional School Committee for our new space in PFS.

Appreciation

Our sincere thanks to the following businesses, organizations, and individuals for your recent or ongoing contributions or assistance:

  • Birthday Party Food Drive Sponsors
  • Bruce Bonnevier
  • Ruth Brunelle and Family
  • The Burnham Foundation
  • The Community Church of Pepperell Women's Group
  • Donelan's Supermarkets
  • Family Tree Daycare
  • Steve Ernst
  • The Groton-Pepperell Rotary
  • Hannafords of Townsend
  • Ron Karr
  • Ken Morgan (KRM Construction)
  • Keith Lanzilotti
  • The Masiello Family
  • Nissitisset Middle School
  • PACH Volunteers
  • Oscar Hills & the Peter Fitzpatrick School Staff
  • Our Lady of Grace Parish
  • Rite Aid of Pepperell
  • Steve Poirier and Geosyntec Consultants
  • Trader Joe's of Tyngsborough