The Dorchester House Food Pantry is Temporarily CLOSING!

The Dorchester House Multi-Service Center is temporarily closing their food pantry for the month of March in order to reorganize their service delivery model. As of February 1st, notifications of this closure are being included in food pantry bags during their distribution hours and clients are being given a list of other food pantry sites in Dorchester.

The Food Source Hotline (1.800.645.8333) is also available for SNAP (food stamps) assistance, emergency food assistance and information for school meals Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m.; and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Currently, the pantry provides food to anywhere between 400 to 500 families every week. This operation is sustained through the work of volunteers, a small grant from Project Bread and support from the Greater Boston Food Bank. The pantry is adjusting their distribution rules because they cannot serve this growing capacity on a weekly basis.

When the food pantry re-opens clients will be able to go to the Dorchester House food pantry once a month for pick-up. The food pantry will be open every week - clients will select which week they would like to come.

Only clients who live in Dorchester and Mattapan will be able to access the Dorchester House food pantry.

For more information about these changes, please contact Michelle Nadow at 617.740.2521 or by email.