Six mobile pantry events and 83 Nourishing Our Neighborhoods vans, supporting 89 nonprofit partners will directly serve food insecure community members and families across the US, Canada and the UK

Whole Foods Market to provide free pantry staples and fresh produce for 4,200 households at six mobile pantry events on October 21 (11 a.m.–2 p.m.).

These free farmers market-style events are held in collaboration with community-based food rescue organizations. Each event provides pantry staples and fresh produce for over 700 families facing food insecurity. All six organizations will receive a Nourishing Our Neighborhoods all electric refrigerated van and E2 charging station in 2026.

• 6 Stones Mission, Euless, TX
• Community Access & Supportive Services, Richmond, VA
• McAuley Ministries, Providence, RI
• Operation Food Search, St. Louis, MO
• Porchlight Community Services, San Diego, CA
• Rise (Community Action Service Center), Hightstown, NJ

Whole Foods Market launched Nourishing Our Neighborhoods in September 2020 to expand the capacity and capability for community-based food rescue organizations to move food from where it’s available to where it’s needed most across the U.S., Canada and the UK. Organizations participate in Whole Foods Market’s Grocery Rescue Program – picking up food from stores weekly and redistributing it to feed neighbors fresh, high-quality food as quickly as possible.

Learn more about Whole Foods Market’s Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program HERE.

On the same date and time as the Mobile Pantry events, 83 “Stuff the Van” events will be held to benefit all current Whole Foods Market Nourishing Our Neighborhoods recipient organizations. Organizations will have their vans stuffed to the brim with donated products by Whole Foods Market team members. Products donated will help support community members and families who are experiencing food insecurity. Nourishing Our Neighborhoods recipient staff will be on site to help stuff the van and to collect the food.

South Shore Food Bank received a Nourishing Our Neighborhoods van in 2022.

Members of the media are encouraged to attend.

About South Shore Food Bank

Established in 2021, the South Shore Food Bank is part of a united community effort to bring food, dignity and hope to our South Shore neighbors. The organization acts as a hub for a network of food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters supported by Greater Boston Food Bank, helping to get food to where it’s most needed, especially fresh produce and frozen goods. Currently, the South Shore Food Bank serves pantries in towns throughout the South Shore, including Abington, Braintree, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, Canton, Carver, Cohasset, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Hanover, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Milton, Norwell, Pembroke, Plympton, Quincy, Randolph, Rockland,

Scituate, Weymouth, and Whitman.

The South Shore Food Bank is located at 40E Reservoir Park Drive, Rockland, MA 02370.

For more information, please visit www.southshorefoodbank.org, email

info@weymouthfoodpantry.org, or call 781-331-7682.

About Whole Foods Market

Founded in 1980, Austin-based Whole Foods Market is the world’s leading natural and organic foods retailer and the first certified organic national grocer in the United States. Part of Amazon’s Worldwide Grocery Stores, Whole Foods Market serves customers in more than 540 stores across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. To learn more about Whole Foods Market, please visit https://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/.

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