Hopkinton Food Pantry Receives $2,000 Grant

HOPKINTON FOOD PANTRY RECEIVES $2K GRANT FROM FOUNDATION FOR METROWESTFoundation Distributes $55K to Food Pantries throughout MetroWest  

Foundation for MetroWest announced today that it distributed a $2,000 grant to the Project Just Because in Hopkinton, MA.  The grant was a portion of $55,000 awarded to food pantries throughout the MetroWest region from the Foundation’s English Family Fund and Herbert and Esther Atkinson Fund.  

“Food pantries and service organizations from around Massachusetts continue to face unprecedented challenges,” said Judith Salerno, executive director of Foundation for MetroWest.  “The MetroWest region is no different and we are proud that we have been able to support Project Just Because as they work to fulfill the growing number of requests by families to help put a balanced meal on their tables.”   

Foundation for MetroWest recently announced more than $160K in grants to family support, environmental, and arts organizations throughout MetroWest.  In 2011 the Foundation for MetroWest distributed approximately $600K throughout the region and has distributed more than $6.5M since its inception in 1995.  For more information please visit us online at www.FoundationforMetroWest.org.