| Our mission | We are a community-based organization serving the Greater Lawrence area. Each week, we offer several mobile market food pantries which are strategically located within the neighborhoods where our clients live. We provide healthy and nutritious non-perishable foods, fresh produce, and other basic needs to anyone who is hungry or experiencing hardship. Our small staff is the framework within which we engage a large group of volunteers each week to help us nimbly respond to the changing needs within the community. |
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| How you help | Neighbors In Need has more than 500 volunteers who serve 12,000 hours in our food pantries, food warehouse, diaper pantry, office and at special events each year. We’d love to have you join us! Please see our current volunteer opportunities here: https://needfood.org/get-involved/ If you have any questions or have a group from your organization or business who would like to serve, please email [email protected]. |
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| About us | Neighbors In Need distributes food in 10 locations each week in Lawrence, Methuen, and Andover, including six mobile market food pantries. Families receive a bag of healthy food including staples, fresh produce, frozen protein, and a bakery/dairy item. We operate a centralized diaper pantry where parents visit monthly for diapers, wipes, infant formula, and other necessary items. Our diaper pantry distributed 225,861 diapers and 56,000 4-ounce bottles of infant formula last year. Our Diaper Bank Pilot Project makes quarterly bulk purchases of 40,000 diapers and provides these diapers to 5 Lawrence and North Andover based partner agencies to distribute to families with diaper need. NIN staff coordinate 125 volunteer packed & made deliveries of food or diapers weekly. Our Holiday Meal Program provides 1,800 families special meal boxes for Thanksgiving and at the end of December which include festive foods, pantry items and either a generous gift card or a selection of holiday protein. |
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