In December, we gave out enough food to create 7,843 meals.  In 2017, we gave out enough food to create 75,374 meals.  This is a 10% increase over 2016. In 2017 we gave out an average of 8,375 per month.

To all those volunteers that are helping us during inventory. Due to impending weather, the pantry will be closed on Thursday, January 4th. We will start doing inventory again on Friday, January 5th.

Yesterday we received our last delivery from Gift of Lights for the season.  Overall we received 11,676.95 pounds of food and $498.69 in funds.  This figures out to be 11,725.55 meals!  Thank you to everyone that donated food to Gift of Lights.  And thank you to NH Motor Speedway for their generosity in making this happen.

So far, this is proving to be an extremely cold winter and having this food will help us feed those in need.  No one wants to choose between eating or heating their homes.  Thanks to all of you, they may not have to!

Just a reminder, we will be closed for inventory starting January 2nd and will re-open January 16th. This week, we will be feeding our patrons enough food to hold them over until we re-open.

Loudon Food Pantry consists of three aspects.  Our patrons (the families that we feed), our donors, and our volunteers.

We service our patrons by appointment only.  This is usually done on Tuesday, Wednesday morning, and Thursdays. We do this because if we didn’t, we would have 20+ patrons parked in our parking lot the minute we open the doors. That many people parked at one time would cause distress to our neighbors.  Plus, the only way our patrons can get an appointment is to be pre-screen by phone.  This saves them from using what little gas they have to come to the pantry and find out they may not qualify.   Oh, and we don’t service our patrons on Fridays because this day is used during the winter for snow days and also defrosting freezers, etc.

Our donors usually come in during our office hours (Tuesday, Thursday,  and Fridays, 10 – 4).  (If these hours are not convenient, please call 724-9731 and we’ll do out best to accomodate you.)  Also, please do not leave donations outside our door.  We are always willing to give you  a tour of the pantry during these hours as well.

Volunteers are welcome to drop in and assist us on Tuesday, Thursday, and Fridays, 10 – 4)  They help to process donations, help track inventory, and also help us service our patrons.  Yes, we do track our inventory which can be time consuming but  doing so allows us to quickly come up with the numbers we need for reports for The New Hampshire Food Bank, our EFAP Reports of The USDA and CRFP.

We sold a total of $302 in tickets. The winner Jen M. wins $151. Ya! Jen. In speaking with Jen, she has decided to donate the $151 to Loudon Food Pantry. Thank you, and have a wonderful Holiday!

We just hit $197 in raffle ticket sales.

12/19/17 – 12/22/17: We are open for donations only.

12/29/17 – 01/15/18: We are closed for inventory.

01/16/18: We re-open for business as usual

To date, we have sole $63 in tickets for our 50-50 Holiday Raffle.  Stop in at the pantry and purchase your tickets before the deadline.  Ticket Prices are: $1 for 1 ticket; $2 for 3 tickets; $5 for 7 tickets.