Franklin Food Pantry: Fall Winter 2012

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Franklin Food Pantry 1

FRANKLIN FOOD PANTRY

2 Hours and Parking

2 Important Dates to Remember

2-3 Franklin Food Pantry News

3 Produce/Bread/Bagels/Pastry Available

4 Thanksgiving / Winter Holiday Meal Distributions

5-6 Additional Resources and Programs

7 2012 Holiday Stroll

8 Fuels Assistance / Self Help, Inc.

Franklin Food Pantry, Inc.

43 West Central Street, P.O. Box 116Franklin, MA 02038(508) 528-3115www.franklinfoodpantry.org

Linda Sottile, Director of [email protected] Lynch, Director of Development

[email protected]

Fall/Winter 2012 Newsletter

Our Fall and Winter newsletter presents an overview of some of

the programs will be offering during the upcoming

holidays and winter. Weve included some information on

additional local resources you might find useful this season.

We are neighbors helping neighbors so if you know of any

Franklin households that are experiencing difficult times please


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I M P O R T A N T DA T E S

FRANKLIN LIBRARYBOOKSALEFRANKLIN DPWGARAGE,OFF HAYWARD STREETSATURDAY,OCTOBER20,20129:00AM-4:00PMSUNDAY,OCTOBER21,20129:00AM-NOON

Semi-annual book sale. Food donations will be accepted tobenefit the Franklin Food Pantry

HAPPYHALLOWEENWEDNESDAY,OCTOBER31,2012

DAYLIGHT SAVINGSTIME ENDSREMEMBER TO SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK AN HOUR!

THANKSGIVINGTURKEYDISTRIBUTION

FRANKLIN FOOD PANTRYWEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER7,2012LAST NAME STARTINGWITHA-L - 3:00PMLAST NAME STARTING WITH M-Z - 4:00PM

FANAUTICAL FUNRAISERPATRIOTS PLACE

THURSDAY,NOVEMBER15,20126:00PM-8:00PM

15% of all sails go to benefit the Franklin Food Pantry

HAPPYTHANKSGIVINGFRANKLIN FOOD PANTRYCLOSED

WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER21,2012-FRIDAY,NOVEMBER23,2012

HOLIDAYSTROLLFRANKLIN DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP

THURSDAY,NOVEMBER29,2012 4:00PM-7:00PM

ACHRISTMAS CAROLTIMESTWO!THURSDAY,DECEMBER13,20127:00PMFRANKLIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

HOLIDAYMEAL DISTRIBUTIONFRANKLIN FOOD PANTRY

WEDNESDAY,DECEMBER19,2012LAST NAME STARTINGWITHA-L - 3:00PMLAST NAME STARTING WITH M-Z - 4:00PM

WINTERHOLIDAYBREAK

FRANKLIN FOOD PANTRYCLOSEDDECEMBER24,3012JANUARY2,2013

Events, Dates and Times may change, please check our websiteoften at www.franklinfoodpantry.org

let them know we are here to

help. Just have them call us

to schedule a visit to

.

All dates and times listed in

this newsletter are

subject to change without

notice.

Franklin Food Pantry News

Hours and Parking

Our existing clients are eligible to visit ThePantryby appointment once every 30 daysfor their monthly shopping.

New clients are welcome, by appointment;proof of Franklin Town residency isrequired.

Hours of Operation:TuesdayFriday 9:00 am1:00 pm

Hours for Appointments:TuesdayFriday 9:00 am11:30 am

Working families who are not able to visitdurin the mornin hours, are welcome to


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Franklin Food Pantry News

Welcome Erin Lynch, Director of Development

We would like to welcome and introduce Erin Lynch to the Franklin Food Pantry. Erin is the new

Director of Development and will mainly be responsible for Community Outreach andDevelopment of the Pantry within the community.

You will see Erin around the Pantry and please take a moment to say hello and introduce yourselfto her.

File Maintenance and Record Keeping

Annual intake forms were distributed with the Spring/Summer newsletter. If you have not yetcompleted the form and returned it to The Pantry, please know that you must do so before yournext appointment and/or holiday meal pickup.

If you need an additional copy of the intake form, you can find one on our website:www.franklinfoodpantry.org or obtain one at The Pantry during normal business hours.

Weekly Bread, Bagels, Pastry, Produce, Etc.

The Franklin Food Pantry continues to receive support from local bakeries and stores that provideus with bread, bagels, pastry, produce, etc. We would like to take this opportunity to thank BJs

Wholesale Club, Panera Bread, Trader Joes and Elizabeths Bagels for their weekly contributionsto the Franklin Food Pantry.

We receive produce from BJs and Trader Joes on Tuesday mornings. Produce from BJs onWednesday and Friday mornings also.

We receive bakery items from Panera on Tuesday mornings, Elizabeths Bagels and BJs on

Wednesday mornings and BJs on Thursday mornings.

You can come into the Franklin Food Pantry on a weekly basis to pick up some of these yummytreats along with fresh produce. No appointment is needed, the suggested hours to pick theseitems up are:

Tuesday 10:00 am1:00 pmWednesday & Thursday 9:30 am1:00 pm


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Winter Holiday Meal Distribution

Friday 9:30 am11:00 am

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Last Names Beginning withA-L 3:00pm-4:00pm

M-Z 4:00pm-5:00pm

The Pantry will be distributing Winter Holiday Meals to our existing clients only during the hours shown. This will

be the only distribution time, so please have someone from your household available to pick up your Holiday

Package during these designated hours.

The Pantry will be distributing

Holiday Turkeys to our existing

clients only during the hours

shown. This will be the only

distribution time, so please

have someone from your

household available to pick up

your Holiday Package during

these designated hours.

Thanksgiving Turkey Distribution

November 7, 2012

Last Names Beginning wiA-L 3:00pm-4:00pmM-Z 4:00pm-5:00pm


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Resources / Programs

As our quantities are limited, if you receive a Holiday Meal basket from another source such as Friends of Franklin,

Elks, etc. please do not receive the meal offered here at the Franklin Food Pantry.

Friends of Franklin - (508) 528-2561

Priscilla Cornetta Sheila Hooper50 Corbin Street 35 Pheasant Hill RoadFranklin, MA 02038 Franklin, MA 02038

The Friends of Franklin are conducting a Christmas drive for families in the Franklin area who are experiencingdifficult times. The program is called Sponsor A Child for Christmas for children up to 16 years of age. If

you would like your family included in this program, please provide the following information for each child upto age 16 and return to the above addressDO NOT return to the Franklin Food Pantry.

Age of Child; Sex of Child; Clothing Size; One specific Christmas gift per Child. You MUST include the

family name, address, phone number, and number of people in household. Also indicate if you are interested inreceiving a Christmas food basket. The Christmas food delivery will be on December 16, 2012 from 10am-noon, you must have someone home to receive the delivery.

Anonymous Local Group

A local group provides modest assistance to local elementary children in need.Such assistance might be to provide necessary items and services such as:

Eyeglasses

Eyeglass repairs

Basic clothing

Seasonal outerwear

Shoes or sneakers

Scholarships to afterschool or summer

programs Field trip fees

School supplies

Books

Book club memberships

Minor health services

Minor dental services

Bicycle repairs

Other appropriate needs

Applications for assistance will be fulfilled via confidential requests from localelementary school principals and nurses. Please ask at your students elementaryschool for application.

The Franklin Food Pantry will be

working with other local non-profit organizations to help makethe Holiday/Winter Season moreenjoyable for our local families.Please contact these individualorganizations directly for anyassistance you may need.


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Cooking Matters is a nonprofit offering its free 5-week program for up to 16 parents (one per household). The

five classes will be taking place Thursday, Nov 15, (not meeting on Nov 22), Nov 29, Dec 6, Dec 13 and Dec 20

from 5:30 7:30 PM at the Franklin Senior Center. We will discuss healthy eating habits, food budgeting, and

learn basic cooking techniques. Approximately one-half of the class focuses on basic nutrition messages, while

the other half is spent preparing recipes that reflect the days nutrition messages.

This is NOT a drop-in program participants must commit to attend all five weeks. Each course participant

receives the course curriculum, the days recipes, and a bag of groceries containing the ingredients to make

the dish at home.

This exciting program is being run through the Franklin YMCA and if you are interested you need to sign up at

the Franklin Food Pantry. Enrollment is very limited and will be filled by first come, first served. You will need

to provide your name, phone number and/or email in the event we need to contact you. Please let us if

childcare, transportation or both are necessary for you to participate as we can provide both of these if

needed.

Project Breads FoodSourceSNAP Eligibility

If your family has little or no income, you can get help. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(SNAP)/Food Stamps has a new shorter application designed to help you put food on the table during these

hard times.

Project Breads gettingsnap.org is an online resource to help answer your questions and determine your

eligibility for SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This was formerly known as the FoodStamps Program.

Project Bread built this website to help people in Massachusetts, including families with children, individuals,immigrants, elders, and working people access this important nutrition program that helps them buy morehealthy food.

If you dont have access to a computer, you can call Project Breads FoodSource Hotline at 1-800-645-8333.They are available MondayFriday 8:00am-7:00pm, Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm.


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FRANKLIN FOOD PANTRYInvites You to The

2012 HOLIDAY STROLLThursday, November 29, 2012

4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

43 West Central Street(Rockland Trust Parking Lot)

Franklin Food Pantry, Inc.Linda SottileErin Lynch

(508) 528-3115www.franklinfoodpantry.org

Join us for refreshments and a tour

"Victorian Englishman" shares Dickens classic holiday story along with

local pastor playing traditional English carols to benefit food pantry

"A Christmas Carol Times Two!", a dramatic reading performance of Charles Dickens "AChristmas Carol" combined with traditional 19th century English Christmas carols will happen on Thursday, Dec. 13 at7PM at the Franklin United Methodist Church, 82 West Central Street in Franklin, Massachusetts. Actor Al LePage willbecome "Englishman Thomas Hutchinson, Traveling Thespian" complete with English accent, clothing of the period andother accoutrements for the dramatic reading part. Organist and local minister Rev. Dr. Dianne Carpenter will weavepiano music between various scenes to set the tone for what's to come and entertain. This is a special benefit performancesponsored by the Franklin Historical Commission and hosted by the Franklin United Methodist Church with all proceedsto benefit the Franklin Food Pantry. Admission is $10 per person and the performance is best appreciated both by adultsand children 7 years of age and older. Tickets go on sale Nov. 15th and their advanced purchase is required by visiting theFranklin Historical Museum located at 80 West Central St. in Franklin Thurs. 5-8PM, Sat. 10AM-1PM and Sun. 1-4PM.Doors for the performance open at 6:30PM, the fun begins at 6:45PM, and seating is general admission.


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FUEL ASSISTANCE

Once again, the Franklin Food Pantry will be available to help residents of the Town of Franklin to completetheir application for fuel assistance through Self Help, Inc.

The Franklin Food Pantry does not have the funds or grants to provide any fuel, utility or housing assistance,but we will do our best to get you information on where to look for such assistance.

In order to apply for Fuel Assistance through Self Help Inc., you need to call the Franklin Food Pantry tomake an appointment for your application. Appointments will begin in November 2012 and continuethrough March 2013 and occur during the morning hours when available. Failure to appear or call at least24-hours prior to your scheduled appointment may result in a significant delay until our next availableappointment.

DOCUMENTATION FOR FUEL ASSISTANCE THROUGH SELF HELP INC.

Please note we cannot start your application without the required documentation. If you arrive at your appointment

without these documents, we will have to reschedule you to the next available appointment.

Valid Photo ID of the person applying

Social Security Cards for all members of the household, copy of most recent tax return showing social

security number can be submitted if you do not have the social security card.

Housing ExpensesIf Renting, a copy of your current lease. If Mortgage, a copy of your current paymentbook or bill.

Utility BillsHeating bill, electric bill, gas bill, telephone bill.

Proof of income for all members of the householdPaystubs, unemployment, etc. Most recent 4 weeks of

paystubs with Employers name for all members of the household over the age of 18. Full time students

18-23 will need proof that they are a full time student.

SSI, SSDI, SSA, EAEDC, TAFDC, Pensions/Veterans, etc. Bring a copy of the most recent check or letter

from the agency issuing the payments. Must be provided for all members of the household that are receiving

the income. A recent bank statement may also be provided if your check is automatically deposited into your

bank account.

Child Support/Alimony documentation.

Any lump sum payments received in the last 12 months for any member of the household. Examples would

be stocks/bonds, inheritance, gifts over $12,000, severance pay, etc.

Franklin Food Pantry is a non-profit organization that volunteers to assist Self Help, Inc. in completing yourapplication. Once we mail your application into Self Help, Inc. we no longer have any further involvement withyour application. Any questions or concerns at that point need to be presented to Self Help, Inc. in Brockton, MAat (508) 588-5440.

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Franklin Food Pantry: Fall Winter 2012