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Andover Mobile Food Pantry To Distribute Groceries Each Month
The Merrimack Valley YMCA and Andover Elder Services are partnering on a food pantry at the Robb Center once a month.
ANDOVER, MA — Andover will now be home to a food pantry once a month, the town said Monday.
The Merrimack Valley YMCA and Andover Elder Services are partnering on the Mobile Food Pantry, which will be at the Robb Center, 30 Whittier Court, the second Wednesday of each month from 9 to 11 a.m.
The free pantry will distribute non-perishable groceries to people of all ages.
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The first stop will be Jan. 12.
The pantry also distributes groceries every Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Lawrence YMCA, 40 Lawrence Street, Lawrence, and grab-and-go meals on weekdays from 3 to 5 p.m., also at the Lawrence YMCA.
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If you would like to volunteer to help prepare and distribute grocery bags, visit mvymca.org/volunteer or contact William Hernandez at whernandez@mvymca.org.
For more information, visit mvwymca.org/pantry or contact William Hernandez at whernandez@mvymca.org or Jane Burns at jane.burns@andoverma.us. Information on donating to the pantry is also available at mvymca.org/pantry.
Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.
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