The Open Door

Save the date! The Catch a Ton of Tuna🎣 Food Drive is SATURDAY 1/13 from 9 AM TO 3 PM at Market Basket, Gloucester Crossing!

THANK YOU to the Gloucester Democratic City Committee for organizing this annual food drive for their MLK Day of Service event! It's a HUGE help stocking the shelves for busy winter months.

Gloucester Democratic City Committee

Do you need help managing your nutrition with any of the following conditions: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes/prediabetes, weight management, HIV/AIDS, kidney disease, congestive heart failure, or cancer?

You may be eligible for our FREE Medically Tailored Groceries program, available for qualifying individuals 18+.

Learn how to better manage your health through fresh, nutritious food, nutrition counseling, education, and more! Apply for our spring session TODAY by emailing [email protected] or call 978-283-6776 ext.219

The Open Door is the nonprofit partner for the Stop & Shop at 6 Thatcher Road (Gloucester) Bloomin' 4 Good program this January!

$1 for each Bloomin' 4 Good Bouquet sold this month will benefit The Open Door. Thank you to the team at Stop & Shop and all who participate! 🧡💐

From 2021 to 2023, the number of Massachusetts residents living in food insecure households increased by nearly 50%, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Jump in food insecurity in Mass. seen as a 'wake up call' BOSTON — Between 2021 and 2023, the number of Massachusetts residents living in food insecure households increased by close to 50%, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

HAPPY NEW YEAR COMMUNITY!!

New Year’s Day Rocky Neck (not so) Polar Plunge and first Food Drive of 2024!
Thanks to organizers Cathy McCarthy Jeffrey Surette, Tom Zarella, George Sibley and the community for beginning the new year helping neighbors and keeping this decades old tradition alive! ❤️🧡❤️🧡❤️

When life happens, The Open Door can help.

Read our latest feature to learn more about the role our new Food and Nutrition Center plays in connecting local people to good, healthy food.

Life Happens. We Can Help. A new building project at The Open Door solidifies the nonprofit’s ability to continue to meet the local need for food resources—this year there has been a 28% increase in visits to its food pantries alone. The Food and Nutrition Center, finished just this fall, also allows The Open Door to take...

SHOUT OUT and THANK YOU to an awesome group of volunteers from the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute who recently helped us sort food donations!

Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, Inc.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! ✨🧡

Thank you all for your support to connect local people to fresh, healthy food for the holidays and beyond.

When life happens, The Open Door is here to help.

You can help, too. Donate today to support programs that connect our neighbors to fresh, healthy food, through the holidays and beyond at FOODPANTRY.org/donate

Thank you!

THANK YOU to the FABULOUS volunteers who are with us this week distributing Holiday Baskets.

Our December Holiday Baskets feature a ham and plenty of fixings for a feast. A turkey option is available for those with dietary restrictions.

Happy Holidays everyone! 🧡✨

Festive appetizers today for our friends at the Rose Baker Senior Center! Happy Holidays all 🧡

Festive appetizers today for our friends at the Rose Baker Senior Center! Happy holidays all 🧡Rose Baker Senior Center Gloucester

It's the last week of Track I of our Medically Tailored Groceries program for our current session!

LOTS of gorgeous, pre-chopped veggies and fruit, pre-cooked couscous, cooked pork tenderloin, steamed broccoli, low-fat yogurt, honey, tahini, scallions, garlic, lime, lemons, buckwheat and brown rice soba noodles, and MORE!

Medically Tailored Groceries (MTG) is an innovative program that helps adults with, or at risk of, chronic illness and struggling with food insecurity to better manage their health with good food.

To learn more, email us at [email protected]!

We also have Holiday Baskets on hold for clients who let us know they have a special diet -- including vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free!

Shout out to The Residential Group for their support! They will match any donation up to $1,000 between now and December 31. Please reach out to them directly for the details!

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SHOUT OUT and THANK YOU to the stellar volunteers from Gortons who helped us pack Holiday Meal Baskets for the December holidays! Gorton's Seafood

Our December Holiday Baskets feature a ham and plenty of fixings for a special meal with loved ones.

Happy Holidays! 🧡✨

THANK YOU Marguerite and Gregg, of Manchester, for your recent donation!

"It's everyday people that go to the food pantry. I lost my job. The Open Door was there to help," says Zoe*, a mom of two.

When life happens, The Open Door is here to help local people like Zoe.

Want to support local hunger-relief programs through the holidays and beyond? Donate at FOODPANTRY.org/donate and thank you!

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THANK YOU Cape Ann Savings Bank for your $50,000 donation today. Your support is a HUGE help connecting local people to fresh, healthy food through the holidays and beyond 🧡

Cape Ann Savings Bank

THANK YOU DiVirgilio Homes, REMAX 360 for your donation to help connect local people to good food over the holidays, and beyond!

DiVirgilio Homes, REMAX 360

THANK YOU McCormick Kitchens for donating 35 wreaths for Ipswich and Hamilton Housing Authority residents! 🧡

THANK YOU to the fabulous volunteers from Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) who packed up 120 apple crisp kits in record time this week!

The kits will be available as a special treat through our Mobile Market at North Shore Community College's Danvers campus this week. Happy Holidays!

Help stock the fridge for local families this holiday season and beyond.

Give today at FOODPANTRY.org/donate

Thank you 🧡

Tonight: lots of free, fresh fruit and vegetables at our Mobile Market for Gloucester High's ELL event! Stop by and take home a healthy snack! 👍

THANK YOU to Essex County Mushroom Farm for donating 60 pounds of gorgeous mushrooms including shiitake, coral, oyster, and pioppino mushrooms!

Our kitchen is happy to incorporate these in our Community Meals to-go recipes this week!

Essex County Mushroom Farm

THANK YOU Ascension Memorial Church and all who donated at their annual Season of Giving Christmas Bazaar! Ascension Memorial Church

"Fruit and vegetables are very expensive, the price of one apple is too much. Imagine-- we are a family of eight! These days, I don' buy apples," says Elewa,* 34.

Elewa gets fresh fruits and veggies for her kids from The Open Door, in addition to diapers, protein, dairy, and other household staples.

Want to help connect local people like Elewa and her family to good, fresh food through the holidays and beyond? Donate today at FOODPANTRY.org/donate and thank you🧡



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Want to help connect local people to good food through the holidays and beyond? 🧡

Be a good neighbor, and donate today at FOODPANTRY.org/donate

Thank you