GRANVILLE – The Our Community Food Pantry announced earlier this week that they’ve set up a mobile food drive for residents that live in Granville and Tolland. The mobile drive will take place at the Granville Town Hall every Wednesday from 1:45 p.m. until 2:15 p.m.
The main location of the pantry is at 220 College Highway in Southwick and Sally Munson, Director of the pantry, said that it can be difficult for people in Granville and Tolland to get to the Southwick location. Whether it’s due to lack of transportation options or other reasons, the people who live in either community now have much closer access to the pantry.
“It’s just getting word out really that we’re here and they can use our services,” said Munson.
Our Community Food Pantry Director Sally Munson. (WNG File Photo)
The mobile food pantry in Granville is in use due to the funding they received from Community Development Block grants. In August of 2016, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that they were awarding $28 million in Community Development Block grants to 57 communities throughout Massachusetts. The grant for the pantry totaled $93,500 for a high-roof van for both Southwick and Granville.
Munson wants to remind the communities of Southwick, Tolland, and Granville that they have fresh produce stocked every week, along with dairy products and other essentials. These are all items that the mobile pantry will have available at the Granville Town Hall.
“We try to bring out the basic products that we give out on a monthly basis at our pantry,” said Munson. “It’s the basic essentials.”
The Our Community Food Pantry also started a clothing drive on February 12 and that is running through February 24. Besides clothing, the pantry is taking donations of accessories, shoes, and linens.
The donations can be dropped off at the pantry in Southwick with the hours posted below.
– Mon, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
– Tues & Wed, 10 a.m. to Noon
– Thurs, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
– Saturday 2/17/2018 & 2/24/2017:
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
