Who We Serve

PACH Outreach help is available to all Pepperell residents in need, including seniors, families, and single adults, whether unemployed or under-employed.

Services We Provide

  • Food pantry
  • Personal care items
  • Fuel assistance applications
  • Resource Referrals
Find our location, hours, and contact information here.

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Thank you to the late Mauricio Puente, Sr. for his artwork for the PACH logo.

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.

YOU CAN HELP by:

Freezer Needed

The PACH Pantry is looking for an upright freezer to replace an old freezer that failed in February. If you have an unused freezer that still runs well, which you can donate to PACH, please call the PACH Office and leave a message. PACH will happily make arrangements to move the freezer.

News & Events

  • NMRHS National Honor Society Sponsoring Food Drive at High School's Anuual Band & Chorus Concert

    Under the leadership of member Laurel Haines, the North Middlesex National Honor Society will conduct a food drive to benefit PACH at the High School's annual Band and Chorus concert on Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 p.m. This popular event is a great opportunity for all school district residents to see the strong talent that comes out of our school band and music programs. The Honor Society invites all attendees to bring an unexpired canned or dry good to the concert to contribute to their food drive to help stock the pantry for the summer.

  • PACH to Participate in Pepperell's Annual 4th of July Celebration

    PACH Outreach will participate again this year in Pepperell's 4th of July Parade. PACH volunteers will push Donelan's grocery carts along the parade route and will walk among parade watchers with containers to collect cash donations for the PACH Pantry. We invite everyone in our community to join us at our wonderful annual parade, and please bring unexpired, non-perishable groceries to help us fill our shopping carts. Donated groceries and personal care items will help stock the pantry for the summer so we can help our neighbors stock their kitchens. If you would like to march in the parade with PACH to support our efforts, please call or email the PACH Office.

  • Many Local Businesses Supported PACH's Frosty February Food Drive

    Sixteen local businesses served as collection points betweeen February 17th and 23rd, giving their employees, and Pepperell residents and shoppers town-wide opportunities to donate food and personal care items to help stock the PACH pantry for the remainder of winter. PACH extends A BIG THANKS to all businesses and local institutions that participated in this first town-wide winter drive, as well as all individuals who donated items. For participating businesses and details, please see our News page.

  • Lowell Sun Features PACH Outreach in January Article
    PACH Food Drive Co-Coordinator Jennifer Johnston was interviewed by Lowell Sun Correspondent Marie Donovan for a story about PACH that appeared in the January 8, 2013, issue of the paper. See Feeding Others is PACH Mission on the Sun's web site.
  • PACH Outreach Receives Community Grant
    In mid-November PACH Outreach received a $5000 grant from the Greater Lowell Community Foundation to build an up-to-date resource database to help individuals and families who are financially and food insecure. The grant will fund the hardware, software, and database development necessary to build and implement this resource. See our News page for details.
PLEASE HELP OUR LOCAL POST OFFICE STAMP OUT HUNGER!

Saturday, May 11, 2013

The Pepperell Post Office invites all residents to participate in the National Association of Letter Carriers' annual Stamp Out Hunger campaign. Pepperell postal carriers will leave Stamp Out Hunger bags in residents' mailboxes about a week before the collection day. Leave grocery donations in that bag or your own bag beside, inside, or hanging from your mail box before your mail delivery on Saturday, May 11th. Your postal carrier will pick them up while driving your route. PACH volunteers will meet the drivers at the Post Office to gather all collected groceries for delivery to the Food Pantry on Saturday afternoon, where more volunteers will sort and shelve the donations.

"Most Needed" items at PACH include: Peanut Butter & Jelly, Healthy Cereals, Juice, Pasta Sauce, Canned Fruit, After-school Snacks, and Size 4 or 5 Disposable Diapers; but all unexpired canned and dry goods are welcome. If you wish to help with the delivery and sorting of donations, please call or email PACH Outreach.

**Volunteers Needed**

  • PACH Outreach is in need of a Fundraising Coordinator to work with the Board of Directors and PACH volunteers to plan and manage a couple fundraisers each year to maintain our treasury at a level commensurate with the growing demand for services in the ongoing sluggish economy.

  • PACH continues to need a Pantry Co-Coordinator to work with present Coordinator Clara Couture to oversee pantry stock, pantry needs, and pantry volunteer staff.

    Please see details for these positions on our Volunteers page and/or contact PACH Outreach to get your questions answered or to volunteer.

  • Our Volunteer Coordinator would like to expand her email list of people willing to help periodically with food drives, special events, and fundraisers. If you would like to help PACH but don't have time to take on a regular volunteer position, please call or email PACH to add your name to our email list so we can notify you of one-shot volunteer opportunities that you may be able to fill.

    • Appreciation

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

    • All who helped coordinate and transport, sort, and shelve food during our Frosty February Food Drive
    • Arch Fitness
    • Bailey's Bar & Grille
    • Century 21 of Pepperell
    • Donelan's Supermarket
    • Family Tree Daycare
    • Fresh Start Cleaning
    • Hannafords of Townsend
    • House Calls Home Care
    • Janet Cramb & Company Real Estate
    • Laurel Haines & the North Middlesex H.S. Honor Society
    • Lawrence Library
    • Melissa Tzanoudakis and Lyons & Tzanoudakis LLP
    • North Middlesex Savings Bank
    • Oscar Hills, NMRSD Head Custodian
    • Our Lady of Grace Church
    • Rise & Shine Fitness
    • Rivers Edge Farm
    • TenBroeck Insurance Group
    • Tick's Boutique
    • Trader Joe's of Nashua
    • Wilson Brothers Heating & Air Conditioning