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New Year's Grocery Shuttle Schedule

Here are the upcoming transportation options available to Charlestown residents.

Planning a New Year's Eve party or a family feast on the first day of 2013?

Johnnie's Foodmaster is closed while it is being renovated into a Whole Foods, but there are several options for Charlestown residents who need a ride to the grocery store. 

Here's a look at the free service schedule for the next few days:

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Saturday, Dec. 29

Shuttle to Whole Foods (Beacon Hill) 

  • Pick-up at 9 a.m. at Bunker Hill Mall (near Johnnie's)
  • Drop-off at 10:30 a.m. at Bunker Hill Mall
  • Pick-up at 11 a.m. at Bunker Hill Mall
  • Drop-off at 12:15 p.m. at Bunker Hill Mall

Shuttle to Stop and Shop (Medford)

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  • Pick-up at 9:30 a.m. at the Navy Yard (in front of the Third Street YMCA)
  • Pick-up at 9:40 a.m. at Hayes Square (in front of the police station)
  • Pick-up at 9:40 a.m. at St. Francis Church, 303 Bunker Hill St.
  • Pick-up at 10 a.m. at Bunker Hill Mall (corner of Main and West School St.)
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 11:40 a.m. at the Navy Yard
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 11:50 a.m. at Hayes Square
  • Pick-up/drop-off at noon at St. Francis Church
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 12:10 p.m. at Bunker Hill Mall
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 2 p.m. at Navy Yard
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 2:10 p.m. Hayes Square
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 2:20 p.m. at St. Francis Church
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 2:30 p.m. at Bunker Hill Mall

Sunday, Dec. 30

No service offered. 

Monday, Dec. 31

Shuttle to Stop and Shop (Medford)

  • Pick-up at 9:30 a.m. at the Navy Yard (in front of the Third Street YMCA)
  • Pick-up at 9:40 a.m. at Hayes Square (in front of the police station)
  • Pick-up at 9:40 a.m. at St. Francis Church, 303 Bunker Hill St.
  • Pick-up at 10 a.m. at Bunker Hill Mall (corner of Main and West School St.)
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 11:40 a.m. at the Navy Yard
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 11:50 a.m. at Hayes Square
  • Pick-up/drop-off at noon at St. Francis Church
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 12:10 p.m. at Bunker Hill Mall
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 2 p.m. at Navy Yard
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 2:10 p.m. Hayes Square
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 2:20 p.m. at St. Francis Church
  • Pick-up/drop-off at 2:30 p.m. at Bunker Hill Mall

Special New Year's Eve shuttle to Shaw's (Somerville)

  • Pick-up at Bunker Hill Mall (Main and W. School St. bus stop) at 9 a.m.
  • Drop-off at Bunker Hill Mall at 10:30 a.m.
  • Pick-up at Bunker Hill Mall at 11 a.m.
  • Drop-off at Bunker Hill Mall at 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 1

No service offered.

The John F. Kennedy Family Service Center is hosting a phone line for the weekly shuttle schedule. For shuttle times and other information, call 617-241-8866 ext. 1322.

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