Merrimack Valley Food Bank
Help Us... Help Others
735 Broadway Street Lowell, MA 01854
T: 978.454.7272 F: 978.454.1717  
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Annual Blues n’ Brews Festival
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Noon to 7:00 PM

Nashoba Valley Ski Area
Westford, MA
Rain or Shine

Sponsored by the Westford Rotary Club
Click here for tickets and volunteer information

Proceeds benefit the Food Bank and other charitable organizations

Fall Neighborhood Food Drive:
September 18
– 25, 2010

Register your volunteer team or offer to be a collection point for food donations!
Email Amy Pessia at: amy_pessia@mvfb.org
Click here for more information.


17th Annual Golf Tournament

Thank you to our sponsors, golfers, golf committee,
volunteers and to Meadow Creek Golf Club!
Monday, July 12, 2010
12:30pm Registration
1:00pm Shotgun Start

Meadow Creek Golf Club
80 Meadow Creek Drive
Dracut, MA

Double Eagle Sponsors:
GE Employees' Neighbor Fund


Eagle Sponsors:
Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union, Eastern Bank

In Kind/Media Sponsors:
• Anastas Advertising Associates
• Lowell Regional Transit Authority


Birdie Sponsors:
• Lowell General Hospital
• M/A-Com Technologies


Green Sponsors:
• Trinity EMS
• Christianson Bus Company
• PrideSTAR EMS
• Saints Medical Center


Tee Sponsors:
• Sabra Dipping Company
• Young Professionals of Greater Lowell
• NITCO
• New England Medical Insurance Agency, Inc.
• Kathy's Building Blocks Preschool
• Kathy and John da Silva
• Quirk Auto
• Lowell Five
• Battery Shop of New England
• Pentucket Bank
• James L. Cooney Agencies
• Soucy Industries, Inc.
• Diversity Studio
• Lowell Cooperative Bank
• Enterprise Bank
• RECCO Refrigeration Engineering and Contracting Company, Inc.



Plant A Row for the Hungry:
735 Broadway Street, Lowell, MA.

Please consider donating your garden harvest to our Mobile Pantry program serving homebound seniors and disabled people in Greater Lowell.

Please call Suellen at 978-454-7174 or e-mail suellen_oneill@mvfb.org to schedule your donation delivery Monday – Friday between 9am – 4pm, throughout the growing season.

https://sites.google.com/site/plantarowforthehungrylowell/

5th Annual Grape Expectations Fundraiser
Thank you for your support!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
6:00-9:00pm
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
50 E. Merrimack Street
Lowell, MA

Tickets: $45.00 per person
Enjoy fine wine samples and hors d’oeuvres while
bidding on distinctive silent auction items.

E-mail us for more information


Hunger Heroes Event

Fall 2010


Hunger Heroes Appreciation Event


Click here to see photos of the event

2009 Honorees:
• Corporate Partner of the Year:
GE Employees Good Neighbor Fund
• Food Donor of the Year:
Stonyfield Yogurt
• Member Agency Partner of the Year:
Our Neighbors Table Amesbury, MA
• Volunteer (Individual or Group) of the Year:
Greater Lowell Technical High School 
Community Service Learning Students
(Organization and Work Learning Program)

“I own a remodeling business, and things are bad”
*I've laid off my staff; picked up a 2nd job; my significant
other has been laid off 3 times in the last year and is now
only working 20 hours a week; we're having trouble paying the mortgage and depleting our savings. But every week at the grocery store we pick up at least 1 item to donate to the food bank: 2 for 1 pasta, an extra jar of peanut butter, a bag of rice - just one thing each week. We keep the items in a basket on the countertop. Then, at the end of the month, we donate it to our church's food pantry. We may only be spending $1-$2 every week, but if everyone did it, the impact would be significant. It's easy to get depressed and selfish when
you're having trouble making ends meet, but when I notice that basket of items sitting on the counter, I stop and thank God that we are still blessed enough to be able to put
food on the table.

*Comment posted on http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=7376068, in response to the April 20, 2009 story, “Food Banks Need Your Help More Than Ever”
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