Every year the Friends of Mascoma Foundation partners with several local organizations to distribute holiday food boxes to the Mascoma Valley Community.
This year we collaborated with the Mascoma Valley Regional High School's chapter of the National Honor Society to source Thanksgiving boxes. In addition to one turkey for every household, the boxes include holiday fare such as cranberry sauce, stuffing and vegetables, as well as pantry staples for the long weekend like pasta, tomato sauce, macaroni and cheese and oatmeal. The NHS also included personal care items such as tooth paste. The Baking School at the King Arthur Baking Company kindly donated one pack of 12 fresh rolls to each box. This year the high schoolers assembled and distributed 60 boxes to the community.
Last weekend the Mascoma Valley Ecumenical Council held their annual Ingathering Thanksgiving food box distribution. In partnership with FOM, they were able to distribute food boxes to 108 households. Boxes included turkeys and everything you'd need for a complete holiday meal such as stuffing, potatoes and green beans, as well as some pantry staples like pasta, oatmeal and cereal for the long weekend. We are happy to count this group among our many community partners!
FOM and Ecumenical Council volunteer Barbara Bickel helps distribute boxes to the community
Both of these distributions would not be possible without our mighty team of volunteers and our partnership with the New Hampshire Food Bank. The New Hampshire Food Bank always does a wonderful job, but this year they went above and beyond to make Thanksgiving distribution easy for their partner agencies.
Volunteers from the Mascoma Valley Ecumenical Council prepare for Ingathering 2020
All of the boxes were distributed, but we weren’t done yet! We wanted to support some of our local businesses so FOM sponsored a Thanksgiving Pie Giveaway for some of our shoppers. We purchased and gave away pies from Kitchen 56, Red Wagon Bakery and 603 Bakery and Café Don’t forget to support these local businesses this holiday season!