The Dedham Food Pantry would like to thank the many volunteers who helped make our recent yard sale a huge success.  The Food Pantry raised almost $3500.00 through the combination of the yard sale, bake sale and sale of its private label hot sauce.   Another $1300.00 was raised in donations at the yard sale, making this one of the Food Pantry’s largest fund raisers.  The Food Pantry could not have raised these funds without the many generous donations from the community. 

Thank you to the Dedham Times, BH Printing, Donahue Real Estate, Dedham TV, Dedham Educational Partnership, and the Dedham Square Circle for assisting in advertising the event. Additional thanks to Roche Brothers Mocha Java and Papa Ginos for their contributions.   A special thanks to First Church for storing the items, allowing us to use their space,

and to the many volunteers who contributed their time/efforts for the yard sale. Enough items were donated to the yard sale to fill the church’s large meeting hall with more items spilling out on to the driveway. There was a steady stream of bargain hunters all morning and many of those people made an extra donation to the Food Pantry. The Food Pantry would like to give thanks to David Ashley of Ashley Food Inc., www.ashleyfood.com who created the special label hot sauce for the Food Pantry. Lastly, our thanks to Tom Clinton from the Youth Commission and the teenagers he brought to help. 

All of the funds raised by the Dedham Food Pantry go directly towards the purchase of food which is distributed free to the Pantry’s Dedham clientele.  This is a particularly helpful time for the Food Pantry to raise funds since all donations in the month of April are eligible for matching funds through the Feinstein Grant Program. 

The Dedham Food Pantry Board of Trustees