Allston Brighton Food Pantry

Celebrating 50 Years of Feeding the Community!


In the past year, the Allston Brighton Food Pantry has served:

  • 2,076 Families

  • 5,183 Individuals

  • 348 Veterans

  • 96,000 pounds of food

The Allston Brighton Food Pantry (est. 1974) provides nourishing food at no cost to members of the local community. In 2024, we are so happy to celebrate 50 Years of Feeding the Community! We believe that everyone deserves access to healthy food regardless of their income. Please help us celebrate by donating to the Allston Brighton Food Pantry on our Giving Page.

Food Justice Volunteer Opportunities

Contact: Grace Wang, Volunteer Coordinator

Volunteer@brightonallstonucc.org

First Tuesday Food Truck Unloading: On the first Tuesday of the month, we need assistance unloading the delivery of food from the Food Bank. This is one of our most urgent needs and a great opportunity for groups (and individuals like yourself!).

 Shift: 2pm - 4pm

Community Supper Wednesday: Every Wednesday, we need volunteers to help make food, give out fresh groceries to our guests (just this Wednesday we served roughly 160 guests!), and clean up.

 Shifts:

• 9am - 11am (kitchen or bag making)

• 11am - 1pm (kitchen or bag making)

• 1pm - 3pm (bag making and kitchen clean up)

• 3pm - 5pm (bag and meal distribution)

• 5pm - 6:30pm (bag and meal distribution and clean up)

Friday Food Basket Making: We need volunteers to help put together food baskets for our 2nd and 4th Saturday food pantry distributions. On non food pantry distribution Fridays, help with other weekly operational pantry tasks is also needed.

 Shift: 1pm - 4pm

Saturday Food Basket Distribution: On the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month we need help distributing food baskets (prepared on Friday) to our community guests.

 Shift: 8:30am - 1:15pm (or anytime within that)

Give

Reach out to Matt Rasure, Director of Development, to talk about how you, your organization, or your company can partner with the work of ABFP!
development@brightonallstonucc.org

-Food can be dropped off Tuesday-Thursday 9 am -3 pm and Friday 9 am -1 pm or into our community fridge 24/7

-We need weekly volunteers in our Food Pantry and/or Community Supper. 

-Make a tax-deductible donation to the Allston Brighton Food Pantry 

Receive

-Come get some free food from the pantry on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm

-Come get a free, hot meal at our Community Supper (est. 1984) every Wednesday from 4:30-6 pm

-The free community fridge (est. 2021) in our parking lot is open 24/7 for donations and folks in-need.

-The fresh food we grow in the raised beds on the front lawn are free for you to come pick and take home!